Genome sequence of a tigecycline-resistant clinical isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii strain AB031 obtained from a bloodstream infection

Genome Announcements

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Loewen, Peter C ^a   Alsaadi, Yasser ^a   Fernando, Dinesh ^a   Kumar, Ayush ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

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EID: 85004154206     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01036-14     Document Type: Article

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