Isolation and characterization of bacteriophage PM2 from Aeromonas hydrophila.

doi:10.1016/s0378-1097(05)80047-3

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Isolation and characterization of bacteriophage PM2 from Aeromonas hydrophila.

FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Mar 1990

Merino S, Camprubi S, Tomás J M

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PM2 is an Aeromonas-specific bacteriophage isolated on A. hydrophila strain AH-3. The bacteriophage receptor for this phage was found to be the lipopolysaccharide (LPS), specifically a low-molecular weight LPS fraction (LPS-core oligosaccharides). Mutants resistant to this phage were isolated and...

Topics

Aeromonas
Bacteriophages
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Lipopolysaccharides
Microscopy, Electron
Mutation
Receptors, Virus
Temperature
Viral Plaque Assay

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