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SALT LAKE CITY, May 9 (UPI) — U.S. scientists said they have discovered a microbe found inside sea squirts produces a compound that has anti-cancer properties. Some of the Didemnum species are considered invasive such as Didemnum vexillum and Didemnum perlucidem
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Domain Eukarya
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Subphylum Tunicata
Class Ascidiaacea
Order Aplousobranchia
Family Didemnidae
Genus Didemnum ( Savigny, 1816)
Species albidum
Common Name: ascidian
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