Characterization of a broad-host-range flagellum-dependent phage that mediates high-efficiency generalized transduction in, and between, Serratia and Pantoea

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 240-247

  Evans, T J ^a   Crow, M A ^a   Williamson, N R ^a   Orme, W ^a   Thomson, N R ^a,c   Komitopoulou, E ^b   Salmond, G P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEATHERHEAD FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOST RANGE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOSPHERE; SERRATIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIOPHAGES; DNA, VIRAL; FLAGELLA; MUTAGENESIS; PANTOEA; SERRATIA; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PANTOEA; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; SERRATIA; SERRATIA SP. ATCC 39006;

EID: 76849089900     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.032797-0     Document Type: Article

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