Draft Genome Sequence of the Ant-Associated Fungus Phialophora attae (CBS 131958)

Leandro F Moreno1, J Benjamin Stielow2, Michel de Vries2

  • 1CBS, KNAW, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, The Netherlands Department of Pathology, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.

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