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Original Articles

A comparison of the prokaryotic communities associated with seven seaweed species, sediment, and seawater from the Penghu archipelago, Taiwan

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Pages 744-761 | Received 25 Apr 2020, Accepted 28 Nov 2020, Published online: 17 Feb 2021

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