Horizontal endosymbiont transmission in hydrothermal vent tubeworms
β Scribed by Nussbaumer, Andrea D.; Fisher, Charles R.; Bright, Monika
- Book ID
- 109895878
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 278 KB
- Volume
- 441
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0028-0836
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