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Structural Analysis of the Extracellular Polysaccharide Produced by Sphaerotilus natans

Minoru TAKEDADivision of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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Shogo NOMOTODivision of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
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Jun-ichi KOIZUMIDivision of Materials Science and Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan
Pages 1546-1551 | Received 13 Feb 2002, Accepted 18 Mar 2002, Published online: 22 May 2014

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