Marinomonas mediterranea is a lysogenic bacterium that synthesizes R-bodies

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2679-2686

  Hernández Romero, Diana ^a   Lucas Elío, Patricia ^a   López Serrano, Daniel ^a   Solano, Francisco ^a   Sanchez Amat, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; CATECHOL OXIDASE; MELANIN; MITOMYCIN C; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; SEA WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; LYSOGENIZATION; MARINOMONAS MEDITERRANEA; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PARAMECIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYMBIONT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MARINOMONAS MEDITERRANEA; PARAMECIUM; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0141480114     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26524-0     Document Type: Article

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