Draft genome sequences of Acinetobacter baumannii strains harboring the blaNDM-1 gene isolated in Lebanon from civilians wounded during the Syrian civil war

Genome Announcements

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Tokajian, Sima ^a   Eisen, Jonathan A ^b   Jospin, Guillaume ^b   Hamze, Monzer ^c   Rafei, Rayane ^c   Salloum, Tamara ^a   Ibrahim, Joe ^a   Coil, David A ^b  

^a LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

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EID: 85009957297     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01678-15     Document Type: Article

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