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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7022509 | Gas vesicles of cells and methods of harvesting, isolating and modifying same A method for removing a gas from a site comprising placing cells having gas vesicles under conditions that induce the cells to float to a surface of an aqueous medium, harvesting the cells from the surface of the medium, lysing the cells, separating the gas vesicles... | 04/04/2006 |
