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Rao, P.V.L., Bhattacharya, R. & Gupta, S.D. Isolation, culture, and toxicity of the cyanobacterium (blue-green alga) Microcystis aeruginosa from a freshwater source in India. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 52, 878–885 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00200697
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