Bacterial Isolates from Scleractinia Coral
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INSTRUMENT(S): impact II
ORGANISM(S): Alteromonas (ncbitaxon:226) Halomonas (ncbitaxon:2745) Thalassobius (ncbitaxon:335927) Vibrio Coralliilyticus (ncbitaxon:190893) Escherichia (ncbitaxon:561) Pseudoalteromonas (ncbitaxon:53246) Ruegeria (ncbitaxon:97050) Vibrio (ncbitaxon:662) Tenacibaculum (ncbitaxon:104267)
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Neha Garg
PROVIDER: MSV000088745 | MassIVE | Fri Jan 28 18:18:00 GMT 2022
REPOSITORIES: MassIVE
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