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Draft genome sequence of Tsukamurella sp. strain 1534
Lamia Oulmi1, Aurore Gorlas, Grégory Gimenez
1Aix Marseille Université, URMITE, UM63 CNRS 7278, IRD 198, INSERM 1095, Faculté de Médecine, Marseille, France.
Journal of Bacteriology
|September 12, 2012
Abstract:
A draft genome sequence of Tsukamurella sp., an aerobic bacterium isolated from a human sputum specimen, is described here. A new virus or provirus, TPA4, was characterized.
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