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Lipid Composition of Cyanobacteria (Spec)

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Abbreviations

DGDG:

Digalactosyldiacylglycerol

LD:

Lipid droplet

MGDG:

Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol

PG:

Phosphatidylglycerol

SQDG:

Sulfoquinovosylglycerol

TAG:

Triacylglycerol

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  1. Department of Plant Biochemistry, Georg-August-University Goettingen, Albrecht-von-Haller-Institute for Plant Sciences, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 11, D-37077, Goettingen, Germany

    Krzysztof Zienkiewicz

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Zienkiewicz, K. (2016). Lipid Composition of Cyanobacteria (Spec). In: Wenk, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Lipidomics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7864-1_128-1

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