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In principle, the isolation and purification of cyanobacteria from saline environments does not differ from that for other groups of cyanobacteria (see this Handbook, Chapter 8 for general discussion and Table 1 in this chapter for specific media for marine and halophilic forms). In this chapter, the cyanobacteria of marine and hypersaline environments will be discussed seChapautely; the physiological properties which distinguish these cyanobacteria from others and the range of taxonomic diversity encountered in saline environments will be indicated.
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Waterbury, J.B., Stanier, R.Y. (1981). Isolation and Growth of Cyanobacteria from Marine and Hypersaline Environments. In: Starr, M.P., Stolp, H., Trüper, H.G., Balows, A., Schlegel, H.G. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13187-9_9
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