Molecular characterization of bacteriophages for microbial source tracking in Korea

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7107-7114

  Jung, Eun Lee ^a   Mi, Young Lim ^a   Sei, Yoon Kim ^a   Lee, Sunghee ^a   Lee, Heetae ^a   Oh, Hyun Myung ^b   Hur, Hor Gil ^c   Ko, GwangPyo ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Inha University   (South Korea)

^c Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CONTAMINATION; NUCLEIC ACID SEQUENCES; RNA;

MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION PCR; SOMATIC COLIPHAGES; WASTEWATER PLANTS; WASTEWATER SOURCES;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOASSAY; CATTLE; FECES; HOMINID; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; RNA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRACKING; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICKEN; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; DNA COLIPHAGE; FECES MICROFLORA; GENOTYPE; GOOSE; MS2 VIRUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA PHAGE; SOUTH KOREA; SWINE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ANSER;

EID: 70449378470     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00464-09     Document Type: Article

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