The small unicellular diazotrophic symbiont, UCYN-A, is a key player in the marine nitrogen cycle

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Nature Microbiology

• Publication date

  2016-09-12

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.163PMID 27617976
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