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Water droplets in oil are microhabitats for microbial life
- Rainer U. Meckenstock1,*,†,
- Frederick von Netzer1,
- Christine Stumpp1,
- Tillmann Lueders1,
- Anne M. Himmelberg1,
- Norbert Hertkorn2,
- Philipp Schmitt-Kopplin2,
- Mourad Harir2,
- Riad Hosein3,
- Shirin Haque4,
- Dirk Schulze-Makuch5,6
- 1Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
- 2Research Unit Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
- 3Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.
- 4Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.
- 5School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
- 6Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Technical University Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
- ↵†Corresponding author. E-mail: rainer.meckenstock{at}uni-due.de
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↵* Present address: Biofilm Center, University Duisburg-Essen, 45141 Essen, Germany.
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Science 08 Aug 2014:
Vol. 345, Issue 6197, pp. 673-676
DOI: 10.1126/science.1252215
Vol. 345, Issue 6197, pp. 673-676
DOI: 10.1126/science.1252215
Rainer U. Meckenstock
1Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Frederick von Netzer
1Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Christine Stumpp
1Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Tillmann Lueders
1Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Anne M. Himmelberg
1Institute of Groundwater Ecology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Norbert Hertkorn
2Research Unit Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Philipp Schmitt-Kopplin
2Research Unit Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Mourad Harir
2Research Unit Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Zentrum München, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
Riad Hosein
3Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.
Shirin Haque
4Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Agriculture, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.
Dirk Schulze-Makuch
5School of the Environment, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA.
6Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Technical University Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany.
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