Draft genome sequence of high-melanin-yielding Aeromonas media strain WS

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 6693-6694

  Chai, Baozhong ^a   Wang, He ^a   Chen, Xiangdong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS MEDIA WS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AEROMONAS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS MEDIA;

EID: 84871065254     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01807-12     Document Type: Note

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