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spellingShingle de Oliveira Martins, Leonardo, Page, Andrew J, Mather, Alison E, Charles, Ian G, NAR Genomics and Bioinformatics, Taxonomic resolution of the ribosomal RNA operon in bacteria: implications for its use with long-read sequencing, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science Applications, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology
title Taxonomic resolution of the ribosomal RNA operon in bacteria: implications for its use with long-read sequencing
title_full Taxonomic resolution of the ribosomal RNA operon in bacteria: implications for its use with long-read sequencing
title_fullStr Taxonomic resolution of the ribosomal RNA operon in bacteria: implications for its use with long-read sequencing
title_full_unstemmed Taxonomic resolution of the ribosomal RNA operon in bacteria: implications for its use with long-read sequencing
title_short Taxonomic resolution of the ribosomal RNA operon in bacteria: implications for its use with long-read sequencing
title_sort taxonomic resolution of the ribosomal rna operon in bacteria: implications for its use with long-read sequencing
title_unstemmed Taxonomic resolution of the ribosomal RNA operon in bacteria: implications for its use with long-read sequencing
topic Applied Mathematics, Computer Science Applications, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Structural Biology
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/nargab/lqz016