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Preparing Aposymbiotic Hydra

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Hydra: Research Methods

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To prepare and maintain strains of Hydra viridis free of their endosymbiotic algae.

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  1. School of Life Sciences, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

    R. L. Pardy

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  1. Department of Developmental and Cell Biology, University of California, 92717, Irvine, California, USA

    Howard M. Lenhoff

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Pardy, R.L. (1983). Preparing Aposymbiotic Hydra. In: Lenhoff, H.M. (eds) Hydra: Research Methods. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0596-6_55

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