Complete genome sequence of Endomicrobium proavitum, a free-living relative of the intracellular symbionts of termite gut flagellates (phylum Elusimicrobia)

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Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2015, Pages

  Zheng, Hao ^a   Brune, Andreas ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 85008512149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00679-15     Document Type: Article

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