Draft genome sequence of the first hypermucoviscous Klebsiella quasipneumoniae subsp. quasipneumoniae isolate from a bloodstream infection

Genome Announcements

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Arena, Fabio ^a   De Angelis, Lucia Henrici ^a   Pieralli, Filippo ^b   Di Pilato, Vincenzo ^c   Giani, Tommaso ^a   Torricelli, Francesca ^b   D'Andrea, Marco Maria ^a   Rossolini, Gian Maria ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

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EID: 85008879550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00952-15     Document Type: Article

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