Characterization of a virulent bacteriophage LK1 specific for Citrobacter freundii isolated from sewage water

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 531-541

  Chaudhry, Waqas Nasir ^a   Haq, Irshad Ul ^b   Andleeb, Saadia ^a   Qadri, Ishtiaq ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Citrobacter freundii; LK1 phage; Phage therapy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER FREUNDII; PODOVIRIDAE;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; DNA VIRUS; SEWAGE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS PROTEIN;

BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEMISTRY; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HOST RANGE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PODOVIRIDAE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS ATTACHMENT; VIRUS GENOME;

BACTERIOPHAGES; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DNA VIRUSES; DNA, VIRAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENOME, VIRAL; HOST SPECIFICITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PODOVIRIDAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEWAGE; TEMPERATURE; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRION; VIRUS ATTACHMENT;

EID: 84901852447     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201200710     Document Type: Article

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