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The halobacteria’s confusion to biology

  • The Fourth A. J. Kluyver Memorial Lecture Delivered Before The Netherlands Society For Microbiology On April 27th, 1972, At The Delft University Of Technology, Delft
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Larsen, H. The halobacteria’s confusion to biology. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 39, 383–396 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02578880

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