Isolation of bacteriophages from Bartonella vinsonii subsp. berkhoffii and the characterization of Pap31 gene sequences from bacterial and phage DNA

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-51

  Maggi, Ricardo G ^a   Breitschwerdt, Edward B ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Proteobacteria; Bartonella; Canine; Pathogen; Phage associated protein; Virus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIOPHAGE DNA;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BARTONELLA VINSONII; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PURIFICATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STAINING;

BACTERIOPHAGES; BARTONELLA; BASE SEQUENCE; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GENES, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIRION;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BARTONELLA; BARTONELLA HENSELAE; BARTONELLA QUINTANA; BARTONELLA VINSONII; BARTONELLA VINSONII SUBSP. BERKHOFFII;

EID: 27544490184     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088145     Document Type: Article

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