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Article: Metal cation binding by the hyperthermophilic microorganism, Archaea Methanocaldococcus Jannaschii, and its effects on silicification

Publication: Palaeontology
Volume: 54
Part: 5
Publication Date: September 2011
Page(s): 953 – 964
Author(s): François Orange, Jean-Robert Disnar, Frances Westall, Frances Westall and Patrick Baillif
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ORANGE, F., DISNAR, J., WESTALL, F., WESTALL, F., BAILLIF, P. 2011. Metal cation binding by the hyperthermophilic microorganism, Archaea Methanocaldococcus Jannaschii, and its effects on silicification. Palaeontology, 54, 5, 953–964.

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