GNPS - Food/honey/plants of the Hadza - C18-LC-MS/MS Positive Polarity
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INSTRUMENT(S): maXis
ORGANISM(S): Environmental Samples <bacillariophyta> (ncbitaxon:33858)
SUBMITTER: Rob Knight and Pieter Dorrestein
PROVIDER: MSV000079356 | GNPS | Thu Oct 22 13:15:00 BST 2015
REPOSITORIES: GNPS
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