Complete genome sequence of the endosymbiont Blattabacterium from the cockroach Nauphoeta cinerea (Blattodea: Blaberidae)
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Genome sequence of Blattabacterium sp. strain BGIGA, endosymbiont of the Blaberus giganteus cockroach.
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عنوان ژورنال: Genomics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0888-7543
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygeno.2013.09.003