Effect of bacteriophage lysin on lysogens

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Biomedicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 306-308

  Subramanyam, Balaji ^a   Kumar, Vanaja ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN TUBERCULOSIS   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Normal flora; Phage lysin

Indexed keywords

CHITIN; LYSINE; MICROBIAL PRODUCTS NOT CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE; PHAGEBIOTICS; SULFURIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; LYSIN; MUCOPROTEIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPUTUM CULTURE; BACTERIA; DRUG EFFECTS; ENZYMOLOGY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; SPUTUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; LYSOGENY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MUCOPROTEINS; SPUTUM; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 83455181340     PISSN: 22211691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2221-1691(11)60048-8     Document Type: Article

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