Correction: Banack, S.A. et al. Production of the Neurotoxin BMAA by a Marine Cyanobacterium. Mar. Drugs 2007, 5, 180–196
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Marine Drugs ISSN 1660-3397 www.mdpi.com/journal/marinedrugs Correction Correction: Banack, S.A. et al. Production of the Neurotoxin BMAA by a Marine Cyanobacterium. Mar. Drugs 2007, 5, 180–196 Sandra Anne Banack and Paul Alan Cox * Institute for Ethnomedicine, Jackson, WY 83001, USA; E-Mail: [email protected] * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: [email protected]. Received: 29 June 2010 / Published: 29 June 2010
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