Three Bacillus anthracis bacteriophages from topsoil

Current Microbiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 55-58

  Walter, Michael H ^a   Baker, Dylan D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; STRUCTURAL PROTEIN; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA DETERMINATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LATENT PERIOD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; BACILLUS PHAGE; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS CULTURE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYOVIRIDAE; PODOVIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS PHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; MYOVIRIDAE; PLAQUE ASSAY; PODOVIRIDAE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0038500847     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3899-y     Document Type: Article

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