Genomic structure of bacteriophage 6H and its distribution as prophage in flavobacterium psychrophilum strains

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 351, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 51-58

  Castillo, Daniel ^a,b   Espejo, Romilio ^b   Middelboe, Mathias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Fish disease; Geographic distribution; Phage therapy; RTFS

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893769951     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6968.12342     Document Type: Letter

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