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Hydroxy,n-saturated, branched, dioic, and unsaturated fatty acids in six freshwater wild cyanobacteria (Chroococcus minutus, Lyngbya ceylanica, Merismopedia glauca, Nodularia sphaerocarpa, Nostoc linckia, andSynechococcus aeruginosus) collected from different lakes and springs of Israel have been identified by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
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Řezanka, T., Dor, I., Prell, A. et al. Fatty acid composition of six freshwater wild cyanobacterial species. Folia Microbiol 48, 71–75 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02931279
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