A novel characteristic of a phytoplankton as a potential source of straight-chain alkanes

• Published in: Scientific Reports
• Main Authors: Harada, Naomi, Hirose, Yuu, Chihong, Song, Kurita, Hirofumi, Sato, Miyako, Onodera, Jonaotaro, Murata, Kazuyoshi, Itoh, Fumihiro
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Nature Publishing Group UK 2021
• Subjects: Article; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Pacific; Rotunda; Phytoplankton
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8286971/; http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34276049; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-93204-w

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