A high incidence of prophage carriage among natural isolates of Streptococcus pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 3618-3625

  Ramirez, Mario ^a   Severina, Elena ^a   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHOLINE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LYT ANTIGEN; MITOMYCIN C; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LYSOGENIZATION; MOLECULAR HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0033055030     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.12.3618-3625.1999     Document Type: Article

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