Extended host range of a β-related corynebacteriophage

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 2-3, 1996, Pages 221-225

  Cianciotto, Nicholas P ^a   Groman, Neal B ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti restriction; Corynebacterium diphtheriae; Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis; Corynebacterium ulcerans; Corynephage host range; related phage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM DIPHTHERIAE; DNA RESTRICTION; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030200148     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00184-X     Document Type: Article

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