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Genomic encyclopedia of sugar utilization pathways in the Shewanella genus.
BMC genomics - 13 Sept 2010
Rodionov Dmitry A, Yang Chen, Li Xiaoqing, Rodionova Irina A, Wang Yanbing, Obraztsova Anna Y, Zagnitko Olga P, Overbeek Ross, Romine Margaret F, Reed Samantha, Fredrickson James K, Nealson Kenneth H, Osterman Andrei L
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BACKGROUND: Carbohydrates are a primary source of carbon and energy for many bacteria. Accurate projection of known carbohydrate catabolic pathways across diverse bacteria with complete genomes constitutes a substantial challenge due to frequent variations in components of these pathways. To address a practically and fundamentally important challenge of reconstruction of carbohydrate utilization machinery in any...
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