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Descriptions of Brasilonema geniculatum and Calothrix dumus (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): two new taxa isolated from cemetery tombstones

  • 1. Department of Biology, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, USA

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Villanueva, Chelsea D., Garvey, Alyssa D., Hašler, Petr, Dvořák, Petr, Poulíčková, Aloisie, Norwich, Alyson R., Casamatta, Dale A. (2019): Descriptions of Brasilonema geniculatum and Calothrix dumus (Nostocales, Cyanobacteria): two new taxa isolated from cemetery tombstones. Phytotaxa 387 (1): 1-20, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.387.1.1, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.387.1.1

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