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Christiaen, D., Stadler, T., Ondarza, M. et al. Structures and functions of the polysaccharides from the cell wall of Gracilaria verrucosa (Rhodophyceae, Gigartinales). Hydrobiologia 151, 139–146 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00046119
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