Revealing the genetic basis of natural bacterial phenotypic divergence
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ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli
PROVIDER: GSE45421 | GEO | 2013/11/30
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA193676
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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