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The isolation and growth of axenic cultures of planktonic blue—green algae

A.G. Fitzsimons Department of Agriculture (NI), Freshwater Biological Investigation Unit, Greenmount Road, Antrim, BT41 4PX, Northern Ireland
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R.V. Smith Department of Agriculture (NI), Freshwater Biological Investigation Unit, Greenmount Road, Antrim, BT41 4PX, Northern Ireland
Pages 157-162 | Accepted 28 Nov 1983, Published online: 17 Feb 2007

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