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Original Articles

Discriminating the Role of Photosynthetic and Heterotrophic Microbes Triggering Low-Mg Calcite Precipitation in Freshwater Biofilms (Lake Geneva, Switzerland)

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Pages 391-399 | Received 30 Oct 2009, Accepted 30 Oct 2009, Published online: 08 Jun 2010

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