Molecular analysis of the major capsid genes (g23) of T4-type bacteriophages in an upland black soil in Northeast China

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 273-282

  Wang, Guanghua ^a   Yu, Zhenhua ^a,b   Liu, Junjie ^a,b   Jin, Jian ^a   Liu, Xiaobing ^a   Kimura, Makoto ^c  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

g23; Major capsid gene; Mollisol; T4 type phage; Upland soil; Virus community

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE; CLONE; ELECTROKINESIS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENOME; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOLLISOL; PADDY FIELD; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL TYPE; UPLAND REGION;

CHINA;

MIRIDAE;

EID: 79952575963     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-010-0533-1     Document Type: Article

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