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  1. School of Microbiology and Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, University College Cork, Corcaigh, Ireland

    Siobhán Cusack, Eibhlís M. O’Connor & Paul W. O’Toole

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  1. Genomic Medicine, J. Craig Venter Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

    Sarah K. Highlander

  2. Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Campus San Juan, San Juan, Alicante, Spain

    Francisco Rodriguez-Valera

  3. The Institute for Genomic Biology Department of Animal Sciences & Pathobiology Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

    Bryan A. White

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Cusack, S., O’Connor, E.M., O’Toole, P.W. (2015). ELDERMET (Ireland). In: Highlander, S.K., Rodriguez-Valera, F., White, B.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Metagenomics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7475-4_94

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