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n. - A genus of midges.

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  • Three of those samples contained live larvae of the midge Chironomus salinarius.
  • We are not told of nostoc, this time: it is said that the object contained numerous eggs of "some species of Chironomus, from which larvae soon emerged."
  • Serious problems of contamination have not been encountered, although occasional infestation of the culture with Brachionus and Chironomus larvae were observed during...
  • Die ungeschechtliche Fortpflanzung einer Chironomus.
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