Draft genome sequence of the hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae strain hvKP1, isolated in Buffalo, New York

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Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Russo, Thomas A ^a,b,c   Gill, Steven R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c VA WESTERN NEW YORK HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United States)

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EID: 84907003999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00065-13     Document Type: Article

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