The dilemma of phage taxonomy illustrated by comparative genomics of Sfi21-like Siphoviridae in lactic acid bacteria

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 6026-6036

  Proux, Caroline ^a   Van Sinderen, Douwe ^a   Suarez, Juan ^a   Garcia, Pilar ^a   Ladero, Victor ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald F ^a   Desiere, Frank ^a   Brüssow, Harald ^a  

^a NESTLÉ RESEARCH CENTER   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TAXONOMY;

BASE SEQUENCE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA, VIRAL; GENOME, VIRAL; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROVIRUSES; SIPHOVIRIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PHAGES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS CASEI; LACTOCOCCUS; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LISTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SIPHOVIRIDAE; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0036838138     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.21.6026-6036.2002     Document Type: Article

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