Melanin, Radiation, and Energy Transduction in Fungi

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  Microbiology spectrum

• Publication date

  2017-03-03

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1128/microbiolspec.funk-0037-2016PMID 28256187PMCID PMC11687467
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