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The Science and Applications of Microbial Genomics

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The Science and Applications of Microbial Genomics

Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN/ASIN: 0309268192
ISBN-13: 9780309268196
Number of pages: 428

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Participants examined the use of microbial genomics to explore the diversity, evolution, and adaptation of microorganisms in a wide variety of environments; the molecular mechanisms of disease emergence and epidemiology; and the ways that genomic technologies are being applied to disease outbreak trace back and microbial surveillance.

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