Bias in bacteriophage morphological classification by transmission electron microscopy due to breakage or loss of tail structures

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 452-457

  Williamson, Kurt E ^a   Helton, Rebekah R ^b   Wommack, K Eric ^b  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphology; Phage; Sediment; Soil; TEM; Virus

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; SOILS; VIRUSES;

CONTROL SAMPLES; EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; MORPHOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; PHAGE PARTICLES; SAMPLE PREPARATION; TAIL STRUCTURE; VIRAL CAPSIDS;

SEDIMENTS;

CAUDOVIRALES; MIRIDAE;

EID: 84855286997     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.21077     Document Type: Article

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