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. 1985 Jun;49(6):1538–1540. doi: 10.1128/aem.49.6.1538-1540.1985

Effect of Photon Fluence Rate and Specific Growth Rate on Geosmin Production of the Cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis (Kütz.) Gom

H Naes 1, H Aarnes 1,*, H C Utkilen 1, S Nilsen 1, O M Skulberg 1
PMCID: PMC241763  PMID: 16346822

Abstract

The production of geosmin from the cyanobacterium Oscillatoria brevis was studied as a function of the photon fluence rate and appears to be related to the chlorophyll content.

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