Isolation and characterization of two anti-staphylococcal bacteriophages specific for pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus associated with bovine infections

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 482-486

  O'Flaherty, S ^a,b   Ross, R P ^a,c   Flynn, J ^a   Meaney, W J ^a   Fitzgerald, G F ^b,c   Coffey, Aidan ^d  

^a ANIMAL AND GRASSLAND RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Biocontrol; Mastitis; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISEASES; MAMMALS;

IMMUNOGENICITY; ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION; MASTITI; PATHOGENICS; S. AUREUS; SOMATIC CELL COUNT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; DAIRY FARMING; SLURRY;

ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE CS1; BACTERIOPHAGE DW2; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; COW; IMMUNOGENICITY; MASTITIS; MILK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOVINAE; MYOVIRIDAE; SIPHOVIRIDAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE;

EID: 28444468532     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01781.x     Document Type: Article

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