Bacteriophages that infect the cellulolytic ruminal bacterium Ruminococcus albus AR67

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 333-338

  Klieve, A V ^a   Bain, P A ^a   Yokoyama, M T ^b   Ouwerkerk, D ^a   Forster, R J ^c   Turner, A F ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LETHBRIDGE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacterial viruses; Cellulose; Inoviridae; Rumen; Ruminococcus; Tectiviridae

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; DNA;

ALBI; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; CELLULOLYTIC BACTERIUM; INOVIRIDA; OVERLAY TECHNIQUES; RUMEN; RUMINAL BACTERIA; RUMINOCOCCUS; SOFT AGAR; TECTIVIRIDA;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; INOVIRIDAE; NONHUMAN; PLANT FIBER; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; TECHNIQUE; VIRION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INOVIRIDAE; POSIBACTERIA; RUMINOCOCCUS; RUMINOCOCCUS ALBUS; TECTIVIRIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 1842534414     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2004.01493.x     Document Type: Article

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