Free-range layer chickens as a source of Campylobacter bacteriophage

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 275-284

  Loc Carrillo, Catherine M ^a   Connerton, Phillippa L ^a   Pearson, Tom ^a   Connerton, Ian F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Campylobacter; Free range chickens; Poultry

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOTA; BREEDING; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE STRUCTURE; HOST RANGE; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PHAGE DISPLAY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHICKENS; DNA; DNA, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

AVES; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; GALLUS GALLUS; MYOVIRIDAE;

EID: 34548508687     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10482-007-9156-4     Document Type: Article

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