Inactivation of the bacteriophage MS2 by the ciliated protozoan, Tetrahymena thermophila

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 69-76

  Pinheiro, Marcel D O ^a   Power, Mary E ^a   Butler, Barb J ^a   Dayeh, Vivian R ^a   Slawson, Robin ^b   Lee, Lucy E J ^b   Lynn, Denis H ^c   Bols, Niels C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Ciliate; Food vacuoles; Inactivation; MS2; Tetrahytmena

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; PROTOZOA; TEMPERATURE; WATER QUALITY;

BIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS; CILIATE; FOOD VACUOLES; INACTIVATION; NATURAL WATER SYSTEMS; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TETRAHYTMENA; VIRAL INACTIVATION;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CILIATE; INHIBITION;

CILIOPHORA; MYXOZOA; POLIOVIRUS; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 60149109929     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2008.009     Document Type: Article

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