A century of the phage: Past, present and future

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 777-786

  Salmond, George P C ^a   Fineran, Peter C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPLOITATION; LIFE CYCLE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR ECOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAXONOMY; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; GENETICS; HISTORY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TRENDS; VIROLOGY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL THERAPY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

EID: 84947491821     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro3564     Document Type: Review

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