Genomic characterization of a fructophilic bee symbiont Lactobacillus kunkeei reveals its niche-specific adaptation.

@article{Maeno2016GenomicCO,
  title={Genomic characterization of a fructophilic bee symbiont Lactobacillus kunkeei reveals its niche-specific adaptation.},
  author={Shintaro Maeno and Yasuhiro Tanizawa and Yu Kanesaki and Eri Kubota and Himanshu Kumar and Leon M. T. Dicks and Seppo Salminen and Junichi Nakagawa and Masanori Arita and Akihito Endo},
  journal={Systematic and applied microbiology},
  year={2016},
  volume={39 8},
  pages={
          516-526
        }
}
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