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Purification of Algal Cultures with Caffeine

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Ducker and Willoughby1 have suggested a method for eliminating bacteria from algal cultures. If a technique could be devised for selectively killing fungi and non-photosynthetic protozoa, the selection of pure strains of algae would be considerably simplified.

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BOWNE, S. Purification of Algal Cultures with Caffeine. Nature 204, 801 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/204801a0

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