GeoChip 5.0 microarray of the active bacterial community from both warming and control soil samples
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ORGANISM(S): soil metagenome
SUBMITTER: Xuanyu Tao
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-13326 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
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