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Ever since the description of Prochloron sp. (Lewin and Withers, 1975; Lewin, 1976, 1977), the search for a nonsymbiotic species with analogous properties became obvious. Such an organism was discovered in the Loosdrecht Lakes (The Netherlands) (Burger-Wiersma et al., 1986), a shallow freshwater lake system that originated from peat excavation.
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Matthijs, H.C.P., Burger-Wiersma, T., Mur, L.R. (1989). Status Report on Prochlorothrix hollandica, a Free-Living Prochlorophyte. In: Lewin, R.A., Cheng, L. (eds) Prochloron: A Microbial Enigma. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0853-9_8
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