The microbial diversity of a sulfur-rich and saline cold pool in the Canadian high Arctic

• Published in: Access Microbiology
• Main Authors: Macey, Michael Christopher, Stephens, Ben, Fox-Powell, Mark, Schwenzer, Susanne P., Pearson, Victoria K., Cousins, Claire R., Olsson-Francis, Karen
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: Microbiology Society 2019
• Subjects: Arctic; Axel Heiberg Island; Colour Peak; Heiberg; permafrost; polar desert
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/60878/; https://doi.org/10.1099/acmi.ac2019.po0199

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