Virulence in phage populations infecting Halobacterium cutirubrum

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 129-134

  Daniels, Larry L ^a   Wais, Allen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Environmental effect; Halobacterium; Hypersaline environment; Phage population; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; SALT POND; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; HALOBACTERIUM; MUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRULENCE; VIRUS ADSORPTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS REPLICATION;

JAMAICAN;

HALOBACTERIUM CUTIRUBRUM;

EID: 0031932568     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-6496(97)00089-5     Document Type: Article

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