Metagenomic analyses of an uncultured viral community from human feces

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 20, 2003, Pages 6220-6223

  Breitbart, Mya ^a   Hewson, Ian ^b   Felts, Ben ^a   Mahaffy, Joseph M ^a   Nulton, James ^a   Salamon, Peter ^a   Rohwer, Forest ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CASE REPORT; ENTERIC VIRUS; FECES; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTESTINE FLORA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS GENE; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; GENOME, VIRAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; HUMANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIPHOVIRIDAE; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0141891348     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.20.6220-6223.2003     Document Type: Article

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