Diversity and specificity in cyanobacterial symbioses

Biology and Environment

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 53-56

  Rasmussen, Ulla ^a   Johansson, C ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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Indexed keywords

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 0036742046     PISSN: 07917945     EISSN: 2009003X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3318/BIOE.2002.102.1.53     Document Type: Conference Paper

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