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American Chemical Society

Diatoms

Caption: Researchers report a step toward development of a new type of antibiotic using proteins from marine diatoms. The above diatoms were living between crystals of sea ice in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

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Related news release: American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- Sept. 3, 2008


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