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Jean F Challacombe1, Sophia Majid, Ratnakar Deole

  • 1Los Alamos National Laboratory and DOE Joint Genome Institute, Bioscience Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA.

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halophilephototrophicpurple sulfur bacteriumsaturated saltsulfur metabolism

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