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Inhibition of Carotenoid Synthesis in Photosynthetic Bacteria: Suppression of Carotenoid Synthesis and its Effect on the Activity of Photosynthetic Bacterial Chromatophores

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FULLER, R., ANDERSON, I. Inhibition of Carotenoid Synthesis in Photosynthetic Bacteria: Suppression of Carotenoid Synthesis and its Effect on the Activity of Photosynthetic Bacterial Chromatophores. Nature 181, 252–254 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181252a0

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