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Original Articles

Does warm-water extraction of benthic diatoms yield extracellular polymeric substances or does it extract intracellular chrysolaminaran?

Pages 129-131 | Received 23 Mar 2004, Accepted 25 Mar 2004, Published online: 20 Feb 2007

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