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Book Title: Can Microbial Communities Regenerate?: Uniting Ecology And E...
Number of Pages: 136 Pages
Publication Name: Can Microbial Communities Regenerate? : Uniting Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication Year: 2022
Item Height: 0.6 in
Subject: Life Sciences / Ecology, Life Sciences / Microbiology, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Biology
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 8 Oz
Author: W. Ford Doolittle, S. Andrew Inkpen
Subject Area: Science
Item Length: 8.5 in
Item Width: 5.5 in
Series: Convening Science: Discovery at the Marine Biological Laboratory Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback
