Complete genome sequence of KPC-3- and CTX-M-15-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sequence type 307

Genome Announcements

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Villa, Laura ^a   Feudi, Claudia ^a   Fortini, Daniela ^a   Iacono, Michele ^b   Bonura, Celestino ^c   Endimiani, Andrea ^d   Mammina, Caterina ^c   Carattoli, Alessandra ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b Roche Diagnostics   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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EID: 85009877674     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.00213-16     Document Type: Article

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