A reliable method for storage of tailed phages

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 486-489

  Golec, Piotr ^a   Dabrowski Kamil, K ^b,c   Hejnowicz, Monika S ^b   Gozdek, Agnieszka ^b   Łoś, Joanna M ^a   Wegrzyn, Grzegorz ^a   Łobocka, Małgorzata B ^b,c   Łoś, Marcin ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY AND BIOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacterial collections; Bacteriophage; Cryopreservation; Phage preservation; Phage storage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL LYSATE; CELL SUSPENSION; CRYOPRESERVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; FREEZE THAWING; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STANDARDIZATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STORAGE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; CRYOPRESERVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAUDOVIRALES;

EID: 79951810666     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2011.01.007     Document Type: Article

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