Complete Genome Sequence of a Phenanthrene Degrader, Burkholderia sp. HB-1 (NBRC 110738)

Yoshiyuki Ohtsubo1, Azusa Moriya2, Hiromi Kato2

  • 1Department of Environmental Life Sciences, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan yohtsubo@ige.tohoku.ac.jp.

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