Genome Sequence of an Extremely Drug-Resistant Clinical Isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii Strain AB030

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Peter C Loewen et al. Genome Announc. 2014.

. 2014 Oct 16;2(5):e01035-14.

doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01035-14.

Abstract

We report the 4.3-Mbp genome sequence of a blood isolate of Acinetobacter baumannii strain AB030.

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