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history EPS-related genes in cyanobacteria, which harbour a greater com-
plexity than their counterparts in other bacteria, therefore, hampering their
complete characterization. The integration of this knowledge with data
obtained from genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics studies will help
to clarify the process of EPS production in cyanobacteria.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This work was funded by FEDER funds through the Operational Competitiveness
Programme - COMPETE and by National funds through FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e
Tecnologia under the projects FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-022718 (ref FCT PEst-C/SAU/
LA0002/2011) FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER-009697 (PTDC/EBB-EBI/099662/2008), and
SFRH/BPD/72400/2010, SFRH/BPD/62978/2009.
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