Streptococcus equi bacteriophage SeP9 binds to group C carbohydrate but is not infective for the closely related S. zooepidemicus

Veterinary Microbiology

Volumn 135, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 304-307

  Tiwari, Raksha ^a   Timoney, John F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Receptor; Streptococcus equi; Streptococcus zooepidemicus

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL REPRODUCTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; EVOLUTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; CELL WALL; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; LYSOGENY; RECEPTORS, VIRUS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS PHAGES; VIRUS REPLICATION;

STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI; STREPTOCOCCUS EQUI SUBSP. ZOOEPIDEMICUS;

EID: 61849140115     PISSN: 03781135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vetmic.2008.09.064     Document Type: Article

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