Sequencing and characterizing the genome of Estrella lausannensis as an undergraduate project: training students and biological insights.

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Published in Front Microbiol on February 19, 2015

Authors

Claire Bertelli1, Sébastien Aeby2, Bérénice Chassot3, James Clulow3, Olivier Hilfiker3, Samuel Rappo3, Sébastien Ritzmann3, Paolo Schumacher3, Céline Terrettaz3, Paola Benaglio4, Laurent Falquet5, Laurent Farinelli6, Walid H Gharib7, Alexander Goesmann8, Keith Harshman9, Burkhard Linke8, Ryo Miyazaki10, Carlo Rivolta4, Marc Robinson-Rechavi7, Jan Roelof van der Meer10, Gilbert Greub2

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Research on Intracellular Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland ; SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Lausanne, Switzerland.
2: Center for Research on Intracellular Bacteria, Institute of Microbiology, University Hospital Center and University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland.
3: School of Biology, University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland.
4: Department of Medical Genetics, University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland.
5: Division of Biochemistry, Department of Biology, University of Fribourg Fribourg, Switzerland ; SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Lausanne, Switzerland.
6: Fasteris SA Geneva, Switzerland.
7: Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland ; SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics Lausanne, Switzerland.
8: Department of Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Justus-Liebig-University Giessen Gießen, Germany.
9: Lausanne Genomic Technologies Facility, Center for Integrative Genomics, University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland.
10: Department of Fundamental Microbiology, University of Lausanne Lausanne, Switzerland.

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