Marine metagenome
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PROVIDER: PRJNA256178 | ENA |
REPOSITORIES: ENA
Dataset's files
| Action | DRS | |||
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| SRR1557141.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR1560270.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR1561181.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR1560313.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz | |||
| SRR1560096.fastq.gz | Fastqsanger.gz |
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