Using Shewanella baltica ecotypes as a model for transcriptional variation
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ORGANISM(S): Shewanella baltica OS223 Shewanella baltica OS195 Shewanella baltica OS185 Shewanella baltica Shewanella baltica OS155
PROVIDER: GSE37672 | GEO | 2012/05/01
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA162655
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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