Draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas sp. strain Ag1, isolated from the midgut of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae.
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SUBMITTER: Alvarez C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3457188 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Oct
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Draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas sp. strain Ag1, isolated from the midgut of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae.
Alvarez Celeste C Kukutla Phanidhar P Jiang Jinjin J Yu Wanqin W Xu Jiannong J
Journal of bacteriology 20121001 19
A Pseudomonas sp. bacterium was isolated from the midguts of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. Here we present the annotated Pseudomonas sp. draft genome sequence as a contribution to the efforts of characterization of the mosquito gut microbiome. ...[more]
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