Remarkable diversity of Salmonella bacteriophages in swine and poultry.

doi:10.1093/femsle/fnu034

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Remarkable diversity of Salmonella bacteriophages in swine and poultry.

FEMS microbiology letters - 1 Jan 2015

Cortés Pilar, Spricigo Denis A, Bardina Carlota, Llagostera Montserrat

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The diversity of 55 Salmonella-specific bacteriophages isolated from 191 fecal samples of poultry and swine from farms located in diverse geographic areas of Spain was determined using lysis profiling, DNA restriction and random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD-PCR). Among them, lysis profi...

Topics

Animals
Feces
Genetic Variation
Poultry
Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
Restriction Mapping
Salmonella Phages
Salmonella enteritidis
Spain
Swine

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