Whole-genome sequences of 94 environmental isolates of Bacillus cereus sensu lato

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Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  van der Auwera, Géraldine A ^a,b   Feldgarden, Michael ^b   Kolter, Roberto ^c   Mahillon, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84997610854     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.e00380-13     Document Type: Article

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