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The Genome of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Nostoc Punctiforme

What can we learn from it about free-living and symbiotic nitrogen fixation?

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Meeks, J.C. (2005). The Genome of the Filamentous Cyanobacterium Nostoc Punctiforme. In: Palacios, R., Newton, W.E. (eds) Genomes and Genomics of Nitrogen-fixing Organisms. Nitrogen Fixation: Origins, Applications, and Research Progress, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3054-1_4

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