Achromobacter insuavis (CIP 110710, LMG 26845, CCUG 62426)

Name: Achromobacter insuavis (CIP 110710, LMG 26845, CCUG 62426)
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BacDive ID 136698

Type strain

Strain Designation LiPuma AU15210, Vandamme R-47438

Culture col. no. CIP 110710 LMG 26845 CCUG 62426 LiPuma AU15210 Vandamme R-47438 1 more

NCBI tax ID(s) 1287735

Special Collections CCUG CIP

History CIP <- 2014, LMG <- 2012, P. Vandamme, Gent Univ., Gent, Belgium: strain Vandamme R-47438 <- 2008, J. Lipuma, Michigan Univ., Michigan, USA strain: LiPuma AU15210 <- CCUG; CCUG 62426 <- P. A. R. Vandamme, LMFW; Vandamme R-47438 <- J. J. LiPuma, Univ. Michigan, USA; LiPuma AU15210

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Achromobacter insuavis LiPuma AU15210 is an aerobe, Gram-negative, motile bacterium of the family Alcaligenaceae.

Gram-negative motile rod-shaped aerobe genome sequence 16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 376280

DSM 115984,LMG 26845,CCUG 62426

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:32:43

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Pseudomonadota

Class Betaproteobacteria

Order Burkholderiales

Family Alcaligenaceae

Genus Achromobacter

Species Achromobacter insuavis

Full scientific name Achromobacter insuavis Vandamme et al. 2014

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Achromobacter insuavis** (7)	Type strain
136836	A. insuavis CIP 110540
152626	A. insuavis CCUG 47223, LMG 26847
152701	A. insuavis CCUG 47413
156524	A. insuavis CCUG 62425, LMG 26844
156525	A. insuavis CCUG 62427, LMG 26846
156526	A. insuavis CCUG 62428, LMG 7054
156527	A. insuavis CCUG 62429, LMG 26848

Morphology

Cell morphology

@ref	Gram stain	Cell shape	Motility	Confidence
125438	negative			98.313
36196	negative	rod-shaped

Colony morphology

62837

Incubation period1 day

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Medium link	Composition
36196	MEDIUM 72- for trypto casein soja agar		Distilled water make up to (1000.000 ml);Trypto casein soy agar (40.000 g)
36196	CIP Medium 72	Medium recipe at CIP
125151	TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: TRYPTICASE SOY YEAST EXTRACT MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 92) Composition: Trypticase soy broth 30.0 g/l Agar 15.0 g/l Yeast extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water
125151	COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693)	Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: COLUMBIA BLOOD MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 693) Composition: Defibrinated sheep blood 50.0 g/l Columbia agar base

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
36196	positive	growth	30
62837	positive	growth	37
125151	positive	growth	37

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

@ref	Oxygen tolerance	Confidence
62837	aerobe
125438	aerobe	91.047
125439	obligate aerobe	96.3

Metabolite utilization

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
68369	17128 ChEBI	adipate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	29016 ChEBI	arginine	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17634 ChEBI	D-glucose	-	fermentation	from API 20NE
68369	16899 ChEBI	D-mannitol	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	16024 ChEBI	D-mannose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	27689 ChEBI	decanoate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	4853 ChEBI	esculin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	5291 ChEBI	gelatin	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE
68369	24265 ChEBI	gluconate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	30849 ChEBI	L-arabinose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	25115 ChEBI	malate	+	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17306 ChEBI	maltose	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	59640 ChEBI	N-acetylglucosamine	-	assimilation	from API 20NE
68369	17632 ChEBI	nitrate	-	reduction	from API 20NE
68369	27897 ChEBI	tryptophan	-	energy source	from API 20NE
68369	16199 ChEBI	urea	-	hydrolysis	from API 20NE

Metabolite production

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Production
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole		from API 20NE

Metabolite tests

@ref	Chebi-ID	Metabolite	Indole test
68369	35581 ChEBI	indole	-	from API 20NE

Enzymes

@ref	Value	Activity	Ec
68369	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	from API 20NE
68369	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	from API 20NE
68369	cytochrome oxidase	+	1.9.3.1	from API 20NE
68369	gelatinase	-		from API 20NE
68369	urease	-	3.5.1.5	from API 20NE

API 20NE

@ref	Reduction of nitratesNO3	TRP	GLU_ Ferm	ADH (Arg)	URE	ESC	GEL	PNPG	GLU_ Assim	ARA	MNE	MAN	NAG	MAL	GNT	CAP	ADI	MLT	CIT	PAC	OX
36196	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	+	-	-	-	-	-	+	+	+	+	+	+	+

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Host Body Product	#Fluids	#Sputum
#Host	#Human	-
#Infection	#Patient	-

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Sampling date	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent	Isolation date
36196			USA	USA	North America
62837	Human sputum,non-CF patient	2008	USA	USA	North America
36196	Human, Sputum		United States of America	USA	North America	2008
125151	non-cystic fibrosis patient, sputum		USA	USA	North America

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
36196	1	Risk group (French classification)
125151	2	Risk group (German classification)

Sequence information

Genome sequences

@ref	Description	Assembly level	INSDC accession	BV-BRC accession	IMG accession	NCBI tax ID	Score
66792	LMG 26845 assembly for Achromobacter insuavis LMG 26845	contig	GCA_902859645	1287735.15	8069041053	1287735	38.37

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
124043	Achromobacter insuavis partial 16S rRNA gene, type strain LMG 26845T	HF586506	1483		1287735

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Predictions from Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 based on: Achromobacter insuavis LMG 26845
NCBI: GCA_902859645

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125439	spore_formation	BacteriaNetⓘ	no	88.60	no
125439	motility	BacteriaNetⓘ	yes	74.80	no
125439	gram_stain	BacteriaNetⓘ	negative	78.80	no
125439	oxygen_tolerance	BacteriaNetⓘ	obligate aerobe	96.30	no

Predictions from bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets based on: Achromobacter insuavis strain LMG 26845
PATRIC: 1287735.15

@ref	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
125438	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	98.31	no
125438	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	no	97.67	yes
125438	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	89.15	no
125438	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	yes	91.05	yes
125438	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	98.75	yes
125438	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	yes	86.88	no

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Antifungal Activity of Phyllospheric Bacteria Isolated from Coffea arabica against Hemileia vastatrix.	Ogata-Gutierrez K, Chumpitaz-Segovia C, Lirio-Paredes J, Zuniga-Davila D.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms12030582	2024
	Description of Two Resistance-Nodulation-Cell Division Efflux Systems Involved in Acquired Antibiotic Resistance: AxySUV in Achromobacter xylosoxidans and AinCDJ in Achromobacter insuavis.	Magallon A, Bador J, Garrigos T, Demeule C, Chapelle A, Varin V, Neuwirth C, Amoureux L.	Antibiotics (Basel)	10.3390/antibiotics14060536	2025
	Report of two events of nosocomial outbreak and pseudo-outbreak due to contamination with Achromobacter spp.	Clara L, Staneloni MI, Salazar E, Greco G, Visus M, Lizzi A, Alexander V, Gutkind G, Radice M, Papalia M.	Rev Argent Microbiol	10.1016/j.ram.2021.10.004	2022
	Plant growth-promoting traits of Rhizophora mangle-associated bacteria and their effects on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum).	Stella LR, Alejandra BM, Andrea LX, Elkin AR, Neyla BC.	Biotechnol Rep (Amst)	10.1016/j.btre.2025.e00923	2025
	Colonization potential of endophytes from halophytic plants growing in the "Runn of Kutch" salt marshes and their contribution to mitigating salt stress in tomato cultivation.	Sahu PK, Shafi Z, Singh S, Ojha K, Jayalakshmi K, Tilgam J, Manzar N, Sharma PK, Srivastava AK.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2023.1226149	2023
Phylogeny	Development of a Simple and Accurate Molecular Protocol Using 16SrRNA for Species-Specific Identification of Achromobacter spp.	Saitta GM, Veschetti L, Feletti R, Sandri A, Boaretti M, Melotti P, Carelli M, Lleo MM, Malerba G, Signoretto C.	Pathogens	10.3390/pathogens14030271	2025
	Characterization of the Pyrroloquinoline Quinone Producing Rhodopseudomonas palustris as a Plant Growth-Promoting Bacterium under Photoautotrophic and Photoheterotrophic Culture Conditions.	Lo SC, Tsai SY, Chang WH, Wu IC, Sou NL, Hung SW, Chiang EI, Huang CC.	Int J Mol Sci	10.3390/ijms241814080	2023
	WssI from the Gram-negative bacterial cellulose synthase is an O-acetyltransferase that acts on cello-oligomers with several acetyl donor substrates.	Burnett AJN, Rodriguez E, Constable S, Lowrance B, Fish M, Weadge JT.	J Biol Chem	10.1016/j.jbc.2023.104849	2023
	Pneumocystis jirovecii associated with Lung Virome in patients with severe pneumonia.	Huang Y, Wei X, Huang X, Peng C, Lin B, Ren X, He G, Zhang X, Jiang C, Huang L, Gu S.	iScience	10.1016/j.isci.2025.113710	2025
	Molecular characterization of chlorpyrifos degrading bacteria isolated from contaminated dairy farm soils in Nakuru County, Kenya.	Asamba MN, Mugendi EN, Oshule PS, Essuman S, Chimbevo LM, Atego NA.	Heliyon	10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09176	2022
	In Vitro Susceptibility of Achromobacter Species Isolated from Cystic Fibrosis Patients: a 6-Year Survey.	Olbrecht M, Echahidi F, Pierard D, Peeters C, Vandamme P, Wybo I, Demuyser T.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.00379-23	2023
Genetics	Comparative phenotypic and genotypic antimicrobial susceptibility surveillance in Achromobacter spp. through whole genome sequencing.	Ray S, Flemming LK, Scudder CJ, Ly MA, Porterfield HS, Smith RD, Clark AE, Johnson JK, Das S.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.02527-24	2025
Metabolism	Chronic stress is associated with altered gut microbiota profile and relevant metabolites in adolescents.	Ying L, Yuhao W, Yafang H, Jiao L, Lina D, Qinze S, Chenghai Y, Shaoxiong Z, Yuexi G, Mingwang S, Zelin C, Chuangchuang W, Zihan G, Xin L, Lu M, Lei Z.	BMC Microbiol	10.1186/s12866-025-04094-1	2025
	Role of Efflux in Antibiotic Resistance of Achromobacter xylosoxidans and Achromobacter insuavis Isolates From Patients With Cystic Fibrosis.	Chalhoub H, Kampmeier S, Kahl BC, Van Bambeke F.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2022.762307	2022
	Unmapped short reads from whole-genome sequencing indicate potential infectious pathogens in german black Pied cattle.	Neumann GB, Korkuc P, Reissmann M, Wolf MJ, May K, Konig S, Brockmann GA.	Vet Res	10.1186/s13567-023-01227-0	2023
	Induction of Broad beta-lactam Resistance in Achromobacter ruhlandii by Exposure to Ticarcillin Is Primarily Linked to Substitutions in Murein Peptide Ligase Mpl.	Andersen C, Gabrielaite M, Norskov-Lauritsen N.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms10020420	2022
	Maternal gastrointestinal microbiome shapes gut microbial function and resistome of newborns in a cow-to-calf model.	Zhuang Y, Liu S, Gao D, Xu Y, Jiang W, Hou G, Li S, Zhao X, Chen T, Li S, Zhang S, Huang Y, Wang J, Xiao J, Li M, Wang W, Li S, Cao Z.	Microbiome	10.1186/s40168-024-01943-5	2024
	A native bacterial consortium degrades estriol in domestic sewage and activated sludge via the 4,5-seco pathway and requires estriol to retain its biodegradation phenotype.	Hashem JS, Ismail W, Chiang Y-R, Sangal V, Hentati D, Abotalib N, Bekhit AA.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.00741-25	2025
	Bacterial volatile organic compounds (VOCs) promote growth and induce metabolic changes in rice.	Almeida OAC, de Araujo NO, Mulato ATN, Persinoti GF, Sforca ML, Calderan-Rodrigues MJ, Oliveira JVC.	Front Plant Sci	10.3389/fpls.2022.1056082	2022
Enzymology	Presence of OXA-type enzymes in Achromobacter insuavis and A. dolens.	Traglia G, Papalia M, Almuzara M, Gutkind G, Centron D, Vay C, Radice M, Ramirez MS.	Curr Microbiol	10.1007/s00284-014-0611-y	2014
	DipR, a GntR/FadR-family transcriptional repressor: regulatory mechanism and widespread distribution of the dip cluster for dipicolinic acid catabolism in bacteria.	Jiang Y, Wang K, Xu L, Xu L, Xu Q, Mu Y, Hong Q, He J, Jiang J, Qiu J.	Nucleic Acids Res	10.1093/nar/gkae728	2024
	Cefiderocol susceptibility of Achromobacter spp.: study of an accurately identified collection of 230 strains.	Jean-Pierre V, Sorlin P, Pantel A, Chiron R, Lavigne JP, Jeannot K, Marchandin H, Collaborative study group on antimicrobial resistance of Achromobacter spp..	Ann Clin Microbiol Antimicrob	10.1186/s12941-024-00709-z	2024
Phylogeny	Use of nrdA gene sequence clustering to estimate the prevalence of different Achromobacter species among Cystic Fibrosis patients in the UK.	Coward A, Kenna DT, Perry C, Martin K, Doumith M, Turton JF.	J Cyst Fibros	10.1016/j.jcf.2015.09.005	2016
Genetics	Transmission and Antibiotic Resistance of Achromobacter in Cystic Fibrosis.	Gabrielaite M, Bartell JA, Norskov-Lauritsen N, Pressler T, Nielsen FC, Johansen HK, Marvig RL.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.02911-20	2021
	Gut bacterial type III secretion systems aggravate colitis in mice and serve as biomarkers of Crohn's disease.	Xu J, Li P, Li Z, Liu S, Guo H, Lesser CF, Ke J, Zhao W, Mou X.	EBioMedicine	10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105296	2024
	Prevalence and variability of siderophore production in the Achromobacter genus.	Sorlin P, Brivet E, Jean-Pierre V, Aujoulat F, Besse A, Dupont C, Chiron R, Jumas-Bilak E, Menetrey Q, Marchandin H.	Microbiol Spectr	10.1128/spectrum.02953-23	2024
Genetics	Intrapatient diversity of Achromobacter spp. involved in chronic colonization of Cystic Fibrosis airways.	Dupont C, Michon AL, Jumas-Bilak E, Norskov-Lauritsen N, Chiron R, Marchandin H.	Infect Genet Evol	10.1016/j.meegid.2015.03.012	2015
	Longitudinal Surveillance and Combination Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Multidrug-Resistant Achromobacter Species from Cystic Fibrosis Patients.	Okoliegbe IN, Hijazi K, Cooper K, Ironside C, Gould IM.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.01467-20	2020
Phylogeny	Genomic characterization of Achromobacter species isolates from chronic and occasional lung infection in cystic fibrosis patients.	Veschetti L, Sandri A, Patuzzo C, Melotti P, Malerba G, Lleo MM.	Microb Genom	10.1099/mgen.0.000606	2021
Phylogeny	Duplex real-time PCR assay for the simultaneous detection of Achromobacter xylosoxidans and Achromobacter spp.	Price EP, Soler Arango V, Kidd TJ, Fraser TA, Nguyen TK, Bell SC, Sarovich DS.	Microb Genom	10.1099/mgen.0.000406	2020
	Mobilome Analysis of Achromobacter spp. Isolates from Chronic and Occasional Lung Infection in Cystic Fibrosis Patients.	Veschetti L, Sandri A, Patuzzo C, Melotti P, Malerba G, Lleo MM.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms9010130	2021
Phylogeny	Characterization of Achromobacter Species in Cystic Fibrosis Patients: Comparison of bla(OXA-114) PCR Amplification, Multilocus Sequence Typing, and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry.	Rodrigues ER, Ferreira AG, Leao RS, Leite CC, Carvalho-Assef AP, Albano RM, Marques EA.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.02197-15	2015
	Adaptive Interactions of Achromobacter spp. with Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Cystic Fibrosis Chronic Lung Co-Infection.	Sandri A, Haagensen JAJ, Veschetti L, Johansen HK, Molin S, Malerba G, Signoretto C, Boaretti M, Lleo MM.	Pathogens	10.3390/pathogens10080978	2021
Genetics	Combining Flow Cytometry and Metagenomics Improves Recovery of Metagenome-Assembled Genomes in a Cell Culture from Activated Sludge.	Abdulkadir N, Saraiva JP, Schattenberg F, Toscan RB, Borim Correa F, Harms H, Muller S, da Rocha UN.	Microorganisms	10.3390/microorganisms11010175	2023
Genetics	Impact of High Diversity of Achromobacter Populations within Cystic Fibrosis Sputum Samples on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing.	Dupont C, Jumas-Bilak E, Michon AL, Chiron R, Marchandin H.	J Clin Microbiol	10.1128/jcm.01843-16	2017
	Achromobacter xylosoxidans infection in cystic fibrosis siblings with different outcomes: Case reports.	Firmida MC, Marques EA, Leao RS, Pereira RH, Rodrigues ER, Albano RM, Folescu TW, Bernardo V, Daltro P, Capone D, Lopes AJ.	Respir Med Case Rep	10.1016/j.rmcr.2017.01.005	2017
	Characterization of the Achromobacter xylosoxidans Type VI Secretion System and Its Implication in Cystic Fibrosis.	Le Goff M, Vastel M, Lebrun R, Mansuelle P, Diarra A, Grandjean T, Triponney P, Imbert G, Gosset P, Dessein R, Garnier F, Durand E.	Front Cell Infect Microbiol	10.3389/fcimb.2022.859181	2022
	Do Organic Substrates Drive Microbial Community Interactions in Arctic Snow?	Bergk Pinto B, Maccario L, Dommergue A, Vogel TM, Larose C.	Front Microbiol	10.3389/fmicb.2019.02492	2019
Genetics	A Pan-Genomic Approach to Understand the Basis of Host Adaptation in Achromobacter.	Jeukens J, Freschi L, Vincent AT, Emond-Rheault JG, Kukavica-Ibrulj I, Charette SJ, Levesque RC.	Genome Biol Evol	10.1093/gbe/evx061	2017
	Achromobacter Infections and Treatment Options.	Isler B, Kidd TJ, Stewart AG, Harris P, Paterson DL.	Antimicrob Agents Chemother	10.1128/aac.01025-20	2020
Phylogeny	Achromobacter aloeverae sp. nov., isolated from the root of Aloe vera (L.) Burm.f.	Kuncharoen N, Muramatsu Y, Shibata C, Kamakura Y, Nakagawa Y, Tanasupawat S	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001566	2017
Phylogeny	Classification of Achromobacter genogroups 2, 5, 7 and 14 as Achromobacter insuavis sp. nov., Achromobacter aegrifaciens sp. nov., Achromobacter anxifer sp. nov. and Achromobacter dolens sp. nov., respectively.	Vandamme P, Moore ER, Cnockaert M, Peeters C, Svensson-Stadler L, Houf K, Spilker T, LiPuma JJ	Syst Appl Microbiol	10.1016/j.syapm.2013.06.005	2013

References

#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#36196	Collection of Institut Pasteur ; Curators of the CIP; CIP 110710
#62837	Culture Collection University of Gothenburg (CCUG) ; Curators of the CCUG; CCUG 62426
#66792	Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .
#68369	Automatically annotated from API 20NE .
#124043	Isabel Schober, Julia Koblitz: Data extracted from sequence databases, automatically matched based on designation and taxonomy .
#125151	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 115984
#125438	Julia Koblitz, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Rüdiger Pukall, Jörg Overmann: Predicting bacterial phenotypic traits through improved machine learning using high-quality, curated datasets. 2024 ( DOI 10.1101/2024.08.12.607695 )
#125439	Philipp Münch, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Hüseyin Anil Gündüz, Xiao-Yin To, Alice McHardy: deepG: Deep Learning for Genome Sequence Data. R package version 0.3.1 .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Achromobacter insuavis (CIP 110710, LMG 26845, CCUG 62426)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Cell morphology

Colony morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Oxygen tolerance

Metabolite utilization

Metabolite production

Metabolite tests

Enzymes

API 20NE

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Isolation

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

Genome sequences

Genome browser: GCA_902859645

16S sequences

Genome-based predictions

Predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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