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WE report an anomalous unicellular alga with a prokaryotic cellular organisation like that of a blue-green alga, but with a pigment composition characteristic of green algae and higher plants.
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LEWIN, R., WITHERS, N. Extraordinary pigment composition of a prokaryotic alga. Nature 256, 735–737 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/256735a0
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