Crystalline water in gypsum is unavailable for cyanobacteria in laboratory experiments and in natural desert endolithic habitats
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Wierzchos, Jacek
Artieda, Octavio
Ascaso, Carmen
Nieto García, Fernando
Vítek, Petr
Azua-Bustos, Armando
Fairén, Alberto G.
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