Draft genome sequences of five multilocus sequence types of nonencapsulated Streptococcus pneumoniae

Genome Announcements

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Keller, Lance E ^a   Thomas, Jonathan C ^a   Luo, Xiao ^a   Nahm, Moon H ^b,c   McDaniel, Larry S ^a   Robinson, D Ashley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

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EID: 84997708057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00520-13     Document Type: Article

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