Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Alistipes timonensis sp. nov

Jean-Christophe Lagier1, Fabrice Armougom, Ajay Kumar Mishra

  • 1Unité de Recherche sur les Maladies Infectieuses et Tropicales Emergentes, UMR, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France.

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