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Multiple metal resistance in the cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, 333 031, Pilani, India

    S. K. Verma

  2. Algal Research Laboratory, Centre of Advance Study in Botany, Banaras Hindu University, 221 005, Varanasi, India

    S. P. Singh

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Verma, S.K., Singh, S.P. Multiple metal resistance in the cyanobacterium Nostoc muscorum . Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 54, 614–619 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00192607

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