Cyanobacteria in cold ecosystems

Psychrophiles: From Biodiversity to Biotechnology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 121-135

  Zakhia, Frédéric ^a   Jungblut, Anne Dorothee ^b   Taton, Arnaud ^a   Vincent, Warwick F ^b   Wilmotte, Annick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74335-4_8     Document Type: Chapter

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