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Superheavy organic carbon from hypersaline microbial mats

Assimilatory pathway and geochemical implications

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Chemie (Otto-Hahn-Institut), D-6500, Mainz

    Manfred Schidlowski & Udo Matzigkeit

  2. Abteilung Geomikrobiologie der Universität, D-2900, Oldenburg

    Wolfgang E. Krumbein

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This investigation was conducted as part of the current programme of Sonderforschungsbereich 73, receiving partial funding from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

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Schidlowski, M., Matzigkeit, U. & Krumbein, W.E. Superheavy organic carbon from hypersaline microbial mats. Naturwissenschaften 71, 303–308 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00396613

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