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Cellulose as Extracellular Polysaccharide of Hot Spring Sulfur-turf Bacterial Mat

Kazutoshi OGAWADepartment of Environmental Science, College of Science and Engineering, Iwaki Meisei UniversityIwaki 970-8551, Japan
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Yonosuke MAKIUnit of Environmental Science, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Iwate UniversityMorioka 020-8550, Japan
Pages 2652-2654 | Received 02 Jun 2003, Accepted 28 Aug 2003, Published online: 22 May 2014

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