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López-García, P. (2005). Extremophiles. In: Gargaud, M., Barbier, B., Martin, H., Reisse, J. (eds) Lectures in Astrobiology. Advances in Astrobiology and Biogeophysics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10913406_20
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