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Distribution and diversity of cyanobacteria revealed by molecular approaches
Keywords: cyanobacteria; microbial ecology; molecular biology.
Satoshi Ohkubo
Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies, Kyoto University
Yoshida-nihonmatsucho, Sakyoku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan`_
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