Novel lytic bacteriophages from soil that lyse Burkholderia pseudomallei

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 314, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-88

  Yordpratum, Umaporn ^a   Tattawasart, Unchalee ^a   Wongratanacheewin, Surasakdi ^a   Sermswan, Rasana W ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Biocontrol; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Lytic phage; Soil

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOME SIZE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL;

BACTERIOLYSIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; HOST SPECIFICITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; MYOVIRIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 78650164592     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02150.x     Document Type: Letter

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