Arthrospira (Spirulina)

Ecology of Cyanobacteria II: Their Diversity in Space and Time

Volumn 9789400738553, Issue , 2012, Pages 677-705

  Sili, Claudio ^a   Torzillo, Giuseppe ^a   Vonshak, Avigad ^b  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-3855-3_25     Document Type: Chapter

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