Characterization and possible functions of a new filamentous bacteriophage from Vibrio cholerae 0139

Microbiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 315-324

  Jouravleva, Elena A ^a   McDonald, Gregory A ^a   Garon, Claude F ^b   Boesman Finkelstein, Mary ^a   Finkelstein, Richard A ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cholera vibrio territoriality; Choleraphage host range; Filamentous bacteriophage; Horizontal gene transfer; Vibrio cholerae 0139

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BANGLADESH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOME; INDIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

CHOLERA VIBRIO; FILAMENTOUS BACTERIOPHAGE; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0031888384     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-144-2-315     Document Type: Article

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