Article History
Received: 18 August 2017
Accepted: 28 March 2018
First Online: 2 May 2018
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: All strains of cocci-shapedSporosarcinasequenced for this study were originally isolated from soil samples around the world by Bernadine Pregerson over 40 years ago. All strains are available from Dr. Kerry Cooper upon request.
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