Genomic characterization of a novel, widely distributed Mycoplasma species “Candidatus Mycoplasma mahonii” associated with the brittlestar Gorgonocephalus chilensis

• Oluchi Aroh ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: olo0002@auburn.edu (OA); halanychk@uncw.edu (KMH)

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1183-0769

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• Mark R. Liles,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9313-8150

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• Kenneth M. Halanych

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: olo0002@auburn.edu (OA); halanychk@uncw.edu (KMH)

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States of America, Centre for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC, United States of America

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