Evidence for the presence of Legionella bacteriophages in environmental water samples

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 191-197

  Lammertyn, Elke ^a   Vande Voorde, Johan ^a   Meyen, Eef ^a   Maes, Liesbeth ^a   Mast, Jan ^b   Anné, Jozef ^a  

^a REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

^b VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LYSOGENIZATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, VIRAL; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LYSOGENY; MYOVIRIDAE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYOVIRIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 44849135549     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-007-9325-z     Document Type: Article

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