Stability of Staphylococcus aureus Phage ISP after Freeze-Drying (Lyophilization)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Merabishvili, Maia ^a,b,c   Vervaet, Chris ^b   Pirnay, Jean Paul ^a   de Vos, Daniel ^a   Verbeken, Gilbert ^a   Mast, Jan ^d   Chanishvili, Nino ^c   Vaneechoutte, Mario ^b  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophage Microbiology and Virology   (Georgia)

^d VETERINARY AND AGROCHEMICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE; STABILIZING AGENT; SUCROSE; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FREEZE DRYING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHAGE DISPLAY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FREEZE DRYING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGES; SUCROSE; TIME FACTORS; TREHALOSE;

LURIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84879747506     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068797     Document Type: Article

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