Complete genome sequence of the hypervirulent bacterium Clostridium difficile strain G46, ribotype 027

Genome Announcements

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Gaulton, Tom ^a   Misra, Raju ^a   Rose, Graham ^a   Baybayan, Primo ^b   Hall, Richard ^b   Freeman, Jane ^c   Turton, Jane ^a   Picton, Steve ^b   Korlach, Jonas ^b   Gharbia, Saheer ^a   Shah, Haroun ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b PACIFIC BIOSCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85007464357     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00073-15     Document Type: Article

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