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The ecology of the atmophytic nitrate-alga chroococcidiopsis Kashaii Friedmann

Studies on cave algae from Israel. IV

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The atmophytic blue-green alga Chroococcidiopsis Kashaii Friedmann seems to require a substratum containing nitrates. Values of nitrate content obtained from different localities range from 0.25 to 5.9 p.c. in dry weight of the rock substratum.

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  1. Department of Botany, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

    I. Friedmann

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Dedicated to Professor Dr. E. G. Pringsheim on his 80th birthday.

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Friedmann, I. The ecology of the atmophytic nitrate-alga chroococcidiopsis Kashaii Friedmann. Archiv. Mikrobiol. 42, 42–45 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00425188

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