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. 1959 Jul;72(3):508–518. doi: 10.1042/bj0720508

Adaptation to form bacteriochlorophyll in Rhodopseudomonas spheroides: changes in activity of enzymes concerned in pyrrole synthesis

June Lascelles 1,*
PMCID: PMC1196963  PMID: 14414331

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