Bacteriophage isolation from human saliva

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-53

  Bachrach, Gilad ^a   Leizerovici Zigmond, M ^a   Zlotkin, A ^b   Naor, R ^a   Steinberg, D ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Endodontic treatment failure; Enterococcus faecalis; Oral bacteriophage; Phage therapy; Saliva

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BODY FLUIDS;

ENDODONTIC TREATMENT; ENDODONTIC TREATMENT FAILURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM POSITIVE; HUMAN SALIVA; ORAL BACTERIOPHAGE; PHAGE THERAPY; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

BACTERIOPHAGE;

ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); ACTINOMYCES; ACTINOMYCES VISCOSUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; UNCULTURED ACTINOMYCETE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037214045     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01262.x     Document Type: Article

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