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Ekaterina I Burganskaya1, Irina A Bryantseva2, Maria S Krutkina2

  • 1Research Center of Biotechnology, Russian Academy of Sciences, pr. 60-letiya Oktyabrya 7 k. 2, 117312, Moscow, Russia. kateburganskaya@gmail.com.

Archives of Microbiology
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Keywords:
Anoxygenic phototrophic bacteriaCold saline sulfide-rich springsCyanobacterial matsHalophilic phototrophic communities

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