A high yielding mutant of mycobacteriophage L1 and its application as a diagnostic tool

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 47-53

  Chatterjee, Shreyasi ^a   Mitra, Mahasweta ^a   Das Gupta, Sujoy Kr ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Burst size; Mycobacterium; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; MUTANT; MYCOBACTERIOSIS; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADSORPTION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIOPHAGES; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; PLAQUE ASSAY; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS;

EID: 0034237802     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(00)00206-8     Document Type: Article

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