Characterization of a new plasmid-like prophage In a pandemic Vibrio parahaemolyticus O3:K6 strain

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2659-2667

  Lan, Shih Feng ^a   Huang, Chung Ho ^a   Chang, Chuan Hsiung ^b   Liao, Wei Chao ^b   Lin, I Hsuan ^b   Jian, Wan Neng ^c   Wu, Yueh Gin ^a   Chen, Shau Yan ^a   Wong, Hin Chung ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT AND MICROBIAL BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN COUNTRIES; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOMES; BACTERIAL GENES; COHESIVE END; DNA-ADENINE METHYLASE; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; MITOMYCIN C; OPEN READING FRAME; PROPHAGE; QUORUM-SENSING; REACTION SITES; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR; V. PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIOLOGY; GENES; NUCLEIC ACIDS; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; STRAIN;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

DNA ADENINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MITOMYCIN C; VIRUS DNA;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CHROMOSOME; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; LYSIS; PLASMID; SEAFOOD; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDEMIC; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID; PROPHAGE; PURIFICATION; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; OPEN READING FRAME; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS GENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYOVIRIDAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; DNA, VIRAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MYOVIRIDAE; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; PROPHAGES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRION;

EID: 65549112863     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02483-08     Document Type: Article

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