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Young «oil site» of the Uzon Caldera as a habitat for unique microbial life

Sergey E Peltek1,2, Alla V Bryanskaya3,4, Yuliya E Uvarova1,2

  • 1Laboratory of Molecular Biotechnologies of Federal research center Institute of Cytology and Genetics of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 10 Lavrentiev Aven., Novosibirsk, Russia, 630090.

BMC Microbiology
|November 24, 2020
PubMed
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Keywords:
Metabolic pathwaysMicrobial communitiesOil siteThe Uzon Caldera

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