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Faoro, H., de Souza, E.M., Pedrosa, F.O. (2015). Brazilian Atlantic Forest Soil Metagenome. In: Highlander, S.K., Rodriguez-Valera, F., White, B.A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Metagenomics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-7475-4_781

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