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 Salzberg SL, Phillippy AM, Zimin A, Puiu D, Magoc T, Koren S, Treangen TJ, Schatz MC, Delcher AL, Roberts M, Marçais G, Pop M, Yorke JA (2012) _GAGE: A critical evaluation of genome assemblies and assembly algorithms_. **Genome Research**, 22(3):557-567. [doi:10.1101/gr.131383.111](https://genome.cshlp.org/content/22/3/557.long). 
 
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+## Citations
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+Crippa C, De Cesare A, Lucchi A, Parisi A, Manfreda G, Pasquali F (2024)
+_Occurrence and genomic characterization of antimicrobial-resistant and potential pathogenic Escherichia coli from Italian artisanal food productions of animal origin_.
+**Italian Journal of Food Safety**, 13:12205.
+[doi:10.4081/ijfs.2024.12205](https://doi.org/10.4081/ijfs.2024.12205)
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