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. 1956 Jan;62(1):78–93. doi: 10.1042/bj0620078

The synthesis of porphyrins and bacteriochlorophyll in cell suspensions of Rhodopseudomonas spheroides

June Lascelles 1,*
PMCID: PMC1274515  PMID: 13293156

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