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David A Coil1, James N Benardini2, Jonathan A Eisen3
1University of California Davis Genome Center, Davis, California, USA.
Abstract:
Here, we present the draft genome of Bacillus safensis JPL-MERTA-8-2, a strain found in a spacecraft assembly cleanroom before launch of the Mars Exploration Rovers. The assembly contains 3,671,133 bp in 14 contigs.
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