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Harrah, T., Panilaitis, B., Kaplan, D. (2006). Microbial Exopolysaccharides. In: Dworkin, M., Falkow, S., Rosenberg, E., Schleifer, KH., Stackebrandt, E. (eds) The Prokaryotes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-30741-9_21
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