Enigmatic life and evolution of prochloron and related cyanobacteria inhabiting colonial ascidians

Handbook on Cyanobacteria: Biochemistry, Biotechnology and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 161-189

  Hirose, Euichi ^a   Neilan, Brett A ^b   Schmidt, Eric W ^c   Murakami, Akio ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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