Isolation and characterization of an extremely long tail Thermus bacteriophage from Tengchong hot springs in China

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 452-456

  Lin, Lianbing ^a   Hong, Wei ^a   Ji, Xiuling ^a   Han, Jian ^a   Huang, Li ^b   Wei, Yunlin ^a  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Morphological and physiological characteristics; Thermophilic bacteriophage; Thermus; TSP4 (Thermus siphoviridae phage 4)

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHINA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PH; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL SPRING; THERMUS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

CHINA; DNA, VIRAL; HOT SPRINGS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SIPHOVIRIDAE; TEMPERATURE; THERMUS;

MIRIDAE; SIPHOVIRIDAE; THERMUS;

EID: 77958576194     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201000116     Document Type: Article

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