Production, modification, and consumption of atmospheric trace gases by microorganisms

H. G. Schlegel

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v26i1-2.9732

Production, modification, and consumption of atmospheric trace gases by microorganisms

Tellus

Volume 26 (1974): Issue 1-2

By: H. G. Schlegel

Open Access

|Jan 1974

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