Whole-genome sequences of 13 endophytic bacteria isolated from shrub willow (salix) grown in geneva, new york.
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SUBMITTER: Gan HY
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4014680 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May
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Whole-genome sequences of 13 endophytic bacteria isolated from shrub willow (salix) grown in geneva, new york.
Gan Huan You HY Gan Han Ming HM Savka Michael A MA Triassi Alexander J AJ Wheatley Matthew S MS Smart Lawrence B LB Fabio Eric S ES Hudson André O AO
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Shrub willow, Salix spp. and hybrids, is an important bioenergy crop. Here we report the whole-genome sequences and annotation of 13 endophytic bacteria from stem tissues of Salix purpurea grown in nature and from commercial cultivars and Salix viminalis × Salix miyabeana grown in bioenergy fields in Geneva, New York. ...[more]
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