Homogeneity of the morphological groups of bacteriophages infecting Bacteroides fragilis strain HSP40 and strain RYC2056

Current Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 163-168

  Queralt, Nuria ^a   Jofre, Joan ^a   Araujo, Rosa ^a   Muniesa, Maite ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MUTATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; SIPHOVIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; DNA, VIRAL; FECES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; NEUTRALIZATION TESTS; SEWAGE; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

EID: 0038521360     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-002-3813-7     Document Type: Article

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