Photomovements of microorganisms: An introduction

CRC Handbook of: Organic Photochemistry and Photobiology, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 120-1-120-10

  Checcucci, Giovanni ^a   Sgarbossa, Antonella ^a   Lenci, Francesco ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

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