The effects of bichloride of mercury upon the luminescence and respiration of the luminous bacterium, achromobacter fischeri
โ Scribed by Houck, C. Riley
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1942
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 974 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0095-9898
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