Shigella dysenteriae Type 1-Specific Bacteriophage from Environmental Waters in Bangladesh

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 7028-7031

  Faruque, Shah M ^a,d   Chowdhury, Nityananda ^a   Khan, Rasel ^a   Hasan, M Rubayet ^a   Nahar, Jebun ^a   Islam, M Johirul ^a   Yamasaki, Shinji ^b   Ghosh, A N ^c   Nair, G Balakrish ^a   Sack, David A ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^d ICDDRB Laboratory Sciences Division   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; DISEASES; DNA; GENES; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

BACILLARY DYSENTERY; EPIDEMICS;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

DNA; SURFACE WATER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE MLUI; FRESH WATER; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

BACTERIAL DISEASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BANGLADESH; DNA PROBE; DYSENTERY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; SHIGELLOSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; RESTRICTION MAPPING; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PODOVIRIDAE; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BANGLADESH; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DYSENTERY, BACILLARY; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; PODOVIRIDAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE;

EID: 2142749543     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.12.7028-7031.2003     Document Type: Article

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