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María V Fernández-Zenoff1, María C Estévez2, María E Farías2

  • 1Laboratorio de Investigaciones Microbiológicas de Lagunas Andinas (LIMLA), Planta Piloto de Procesos Industriales Microbiológicos (PROIMI), CCT, CONICET, Tucumán, Argentina; Instituto de Microbiología, Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Tucumán, Argentina.

Revista Argentina De Microbiologia
|January 11, 2015
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Keywords:
Andean lakesCPDDGGEElectroforesis en gradiente desnaturalizanteLagunas andinasRadiación ultravioletaUltraviolet radiationbacterioplankton adaptationUV radiation effectsDNA damage in microbeshigh-altitude lakes

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