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Stigonema associated with boreal Stereocaulon possesses the alternative vanadium nitrogenase

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2021

J. C. Villarreal A.*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Université Laval, QuébecG1V 0A6, Canada Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, QuébecG1V 0A6, Canada
M. Renaudin
Affiliation:
Centre Sève, Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, SherbrookeJ1K 2R1, Canada
A. Beaulieu-Laliberté
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Université Laval, QuébecG1V 0A6, Canada
J. P. Bellenger
Affiliation:
Centre Sève, Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, SherbrookeJ1K 2R1, Canada
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Author for correspondence: J. C. Villarreal A. E-mail: juan-carlos.villarreal-aguilar@bio.ulaval.ca

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the British Lichen Society

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