Morphological, host range, and genetic characterization of two coliphages

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 5364-5371

  Goodridge, Lawrence ^a   Gallaccio, Alicia ^a   Griffiths, Mansel W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DNA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

GENETIC MATERIALS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA;

BACTERIOPHAGE; FECAL COLIFORM; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HOST RANGE; MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; COLIPHAGE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; PREVALENCE; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SALMONELLA; SEROTYPE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; COLIPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME, VIRAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOVIRIDAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIRABILIS; MYOVIRIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0141705427     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.9.5364-5371.2003     Document Type: Article

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