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Isolation, Growth, Ultrastructure, and Metal Tolerance of the Green Alga, Chlamydomonas acidophila (Chlorophyta)

Kahoko NISHIKAWAInstitute of Environmental Science for Human Life, Ochanomizu University
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Noriko TOMINAGAInstitute of Environmental Science for Human Life, Ochanomizu University
Pages 2650-2656 | Received 04 Jun 2001, Accepted 13 Aug 2001, Published online: 22 May 2014

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