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 ## References
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+Breurec, S., Criscuolo, A., Diancourt, L., Rendueles, O., Vandenbogaert, M., Passet, V., Caro, V., Rocha, E.P.C., Touchon, M., and Brisse, S. (2016). Genomic epidemiology and global diversity of the emerging bacterial pathogen Elizabethkingia anophelis. Sci. Rep. 6, 30379.