Isolation of lactococcal prolate phage-phage recombinants by an enrichment strategy reveals two novel host range determinants

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 3110-3121

  Rakonjac, Jasna ^a   O'Toole, Paul W ^a,c   Lubbers, Mark ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b FONTERRA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS CELL INTERACTION; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT; VIRUS REPLICATION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, VIRAL; GENES, VIRAL; LACTOCOCCUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REASSORTANT VIRUSES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIRAL TAIL PROTEINS; VIRUS CULTIVATION;

EID: 17644416378     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.9.3110-3121.2005     Document Type: Article

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