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The Nature of Pseudovacuoles in Cyanophyceae

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THE nature of the pseudovacuoles, or gas vacuoles, which occur in bacteria and Cyanophyceae, is still enigmatic, although a number of reviews have been devoted to them.

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PRINGSHEIM, E. The Nature of Pseudovacuoles in Cyanophyceae. Nature 210, 549–550 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210549b0

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