Ingestion and inactivation of bacteriophages by Tetrahymena

Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-50

  Hennemuth, Wendy ^a   Rhoads, Laura S ^b   Eichelberger, Henry ^c   Watanabe, Miki ^a,d   Van Bell, Kevin M ^a   Ke, Lei ^a,e   Kim, Hyesuk ^a   Nguyen, Giang ^a,f   Jonas, Jeremy D ^a,g   Veith, Derek ^a,h   Van Bell, Craig T ^a  

^a EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^c BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digestion; Heterotroph; Lambda; Mucocyst; T4; T5

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; SULFUR;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CILIATE; CYST; DIGESTION; HETEROTROPHY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; COCULTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOTOPE LABELING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BACTERIOPHAGE T4; CAPSID PROTEINS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; ISOTOPE LABELING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES; T-PHAGES; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRIDAE; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 38649140154     PISSN: 10665234     EISSN: 15507408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1550-7408.2007.00303.x     Document Type: Article

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