A transcriptomics approach to compare transcriptomes of individual methylotrophs from Lake Washington sediment in artificial communities and in pure cultures.
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OTHER RELATED OMICS DATASETS IN: PRJNA339225
ORGANISM(S): Methylotenera mobilis Methylobacter tundripaludum
PROVIDER: GSE85736 | GEO | 2016/12/26
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA339225
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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