Diversity and characterization of temperate bacteriophages induced in Pasteurella multocida from different host species

Abstract Background Bacteriophages play important roles in the evolution of bacteria and in the emergence of new pathogenic strains by mediating the horizontal transfer of virulence genes. Pasteurella multocida is responsible for different disease syndromes in a wide range of domesticated animal spe...

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Main Authors: Rezheen F. Abdulrahman, Robert L. Davies
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-03-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-021-02155-9