Characterization of vibrio cholerae bacteriophages isolated from the environmental waters of the lake victoria region of kenya

Current Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 64-70

  Maina, Alice Nyambura ^a   Mwaura, Francis B ^a   Oyugi, Julius ^a   Goulding, David ^b   Toribio, Ana L ^b   Kariuki, Samuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHOLERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; KENYA; LAKE; NONHUMAN; POND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIOPHAGE;

MYOVIRIDAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; KENYA; LAKES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84893694618     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-013-0447-x     Document Type: Article

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