Metagenome-Assembled Genome Sequences Recovered from Epilithic River Biofilm in the Tama River, Japan

Joval N Martinez1,2, Arisa Nishihara1,3, Shin Haruta1

  • 1Department of Biological Sciences, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan.

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