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Sarah Pfeffer1, Steven Sowa2, R Malcolm Brown1
1University of Texas at Austin, Molecular Biosciences, College of Natural Sciences, Austin, Texas, USA rmbrown@mail.utexas.edu sjpfeffer@utexas.edu.
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|August 20, 2016
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We report the complete nucleotide sequence of Anabaena sp. 4-3, an efficient producer of sucrose. It was isolated from salt flats near the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas, Texas. The genome may provide insight into the utilization of cyanobacteria as a source for biofuels.
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