Wide Geographic Distribution of Bacteriophages That Lyse the Same Indigenous Freshwater Isolate (Sphingomonas sp. Strain B18).

Authors :: Wolf, Arite
Wiese, Jutta
Jost, Günter
Witzel, Karl-Paul
Source :: Applied & Environmental Microbiology. Apr2003, Vol. 69 Issue 4, p2395. 4p. 9 Black and White Photographs, 2 Charts, 2 Maps.
Publication Year :: 2003
Abstract: Describes the wide geographic distribution of bacteriophages that lyse the same indigenous freshwater isolate. Detection of phages; Molecular characterization of the phages by restriction enzyme digestion; Influence of phages in shaping the structure of bacterial communities and maintaining a high bacterial diversity.

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