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van Hove, C., Lejeune, A. (2002). Applied Aspects of Azolla-Anabaena Symbiosis. In: Rai, A.N., Bergman, B., Rasmussen, U. (eds) Cyanobacteria in Symbiosis. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48005-0_10

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