Two novel bacteriophages of thermophilic bacteria isolated from deep-sea hydrothermal fields

Current Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 163-166

  Liu, Bin ^a,b   Wu, Suijie ^b   Song, Qing ^b   Zhang, Xiaobo ^b   Xie, Lianhui ^a  

^a FUJIAN AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Marine Genetic Resources of Fujian Province   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENOMIC DNA; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; DEEP SEA; DNA DETERMINATION; GEOBACILLUS; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; VIRION; VIRUS CHARACTERIZATION; VIRUS GENOME; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS PURIFICATION; VIRUS STRAIN;

BACILLACEAE; BACILLUS; BACILLUS PHAGES; BACTERIOPHAGES; GENOME, VIRAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEAT; SEAWATER; VIRAL PROTEINS;

BACILLUS SP.; GEOBACILLUS; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

EID: 33746762906     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0509-9     Document Type: Article

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