Characterization of a Vibrio cholerae phage isolated from the coastal water of Peru

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 350-354

  Talledo, Miguel ^a,b   Rivera, Irma N G ^a,c   Lipp, Erin K ^a,d   Neale, Angela ^a,g   Karaolis, David ^e   Huq, Anwar ^a,f   Colwell, Rita R ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL MAYOR DE SAN MARCOS   (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PERU; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENOME;

GENOME, VIRAL; MYOVIRIDAE; PERU; SEAWATER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

MYOVIRIDAE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0038062831     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00411.x     Document Type: Article

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