Complete genome sequence of Leptospira alstonii serovar Room22 strain GWTS #1

Genome Announcements

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Nally, Jarlath E ^a   Bayles, Darrell O ^a   Hurley, Daniel ^b   Fanning, Séamus ^b   McMahon, Barry J ^b   Arent, Zbigniew ^c  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

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EID: 85010430907     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/genomeA.01230-16     Document Type: Article

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