Morphological and genetic analysis of three bacteriophages of Serratia marcescens isolated from environmental water: Research Letter

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 291, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-208

  Matsushita, Kenshi ^a   Uchiyama, Jumpei ^a   Kato, Shin Ichiro ^b   Ujihara, Takako ^b   Hoshiba, Hiroshi ^a   Sugihara, Shigeyoshi ^c   Muraoka, Asako ^d   Wakiguchi, Hiroshi ^a   Matsuzaki, Shigenobu ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KOCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Kochi Junior College   (Japan)

Author keywords

P2 like phage; Phage therapy; PhiEco32 like phage; Serratia marcescens; T4 type phage

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERRATIA INFECTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; FRESH WATER; GENOME, VIRAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

MIRIDAE; MYOVIRIDAE; PODOVIRIDAE; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 58449111642     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01455.x     Document Type: Article

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