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Diversity of microbial communities and genes involved in nitrous oxide emissions in Antarctic soils impacted by marine animals as revealed by metagenomics and 100 metagenome-assembled genomes
- Award ID(s):
- 1831582
- PAR ID:
- 10276528
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Science of The Total Environment
- Volume:
- 788
- Issue:
- C
- ISSN:
- 0048-9697
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 147693
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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