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Stigonema associated with boreal Stereocaulon possesses the alternative vanadium nitrogenase

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 March 2021

J. C. Villarreal A. Open the ORCID record for J. C. Villarreal A. [Opens in a new window] ,
M. Renaudin Open the ORCID record for M. Renaudin [Opens in a new window] ,
A. Beaulieu-Laliberté  and
J. P. Bellenger Open the ORCID record for J. P. Bellenger [Opens in a new window]
J. C. Villarreal A.*
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Université Laval, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama Institut de Biologie Intégrative et des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
M. Renaudin
Affiliation:
Centre Sève, Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, Canada
A. Beaulieu-Laliberté
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Université Laval, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
J. P. Bellenger
Affiliation:
Centre Sève, Département de Chimie, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke J1K 2R1, Canada
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Author for correspondence: J. C. Villarreal A. E-mail: juan-carlos.villarreal-aguilar@bio.ulaval.ca
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The Lichenologist , Volume 53 , Issue 2 , March 2021 , pp. 215 - 220
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