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Vishniac, H.S. (2006). Yeast Biodiversity in the Antarctic. In: Péter, G., Rosa, C. (eds) Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Yeasts. The Yeast Handbook. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-30985-3_16

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