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Isolation and characterization of T7-like lytic bacteriophages infecting multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from Egypt.
Current microbiology - 1 Jun 2015
El Didamony Gamal, Askora Ahmed, Shehata Aya A
Abstract excerpt
In this study, two lytic phages designated as ϕPSZ1 and ϕPSZ2 infecting multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa were isolated from sewage samples collected in Zagazig, Egypt. Morphological analysis by transmission electron microscopy revealed that both phages belong to the podoviridae family and resembles typical T7-like phages. ϕPSZ1 has a head of about 60 ± 5 nm in diameter with a short tail of 19 ± 2 nm in...
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