Phages preying on Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis: Past, present and future

Viruses

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2623-2672

  Gillis, Annika ^a   Mahillon, Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

(bacterio)phages; Bacillus anthracis; Bacillus cereus group; Bacillus thuringiensis; Chromosomal prophages; Gamma like phages; Jumbo phages; Plasmidial prophages; Transducing phages

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGE DNA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MAMMAGLOBIN A; RNA 16S; RNA 23S; RNA POLYMERASE; TRANSFER RNA;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CHROMOSOME; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME SIZE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; TECTIVIRUS; VIRUS; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GENETICS; LYSOGENIZATION; PATHOGENICITY; PROPHAGE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY; VIRULENCE; VIRUS DNA CELL DNA INTERACTION; VIRUS GENOME;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, VIRAL; LYSOGENY; PROPHAGES; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC; VIRULENCE; VIRUS INTEGRATION;

EID: 84904180096     PISSN: 19994915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/v6072623     Document Type: Review

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