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Editorial

Engineering trophic diversity into photosynthetic microbes

Jordan T. McEwenDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA, 95616, USAView further author information
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Shota AtsumiDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Davis, One Shields Ave, Davis, CA, 95616, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 199-201 | Published online: 04 Jul 2014

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