Identification and Initial Characterization of Prophages in Vibrio campbellii.

Phages are bacteria targeting viruses and represent the most abundant biological entities on earth. Marine environments are exceptionally rich in bacteriophages, harboring a total of 4x10(30) viruses. Nevertheless, marine phages remain poorly characterized. Here we describe the identification of int...

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Main Authors: Nicola Lorenz, Matthias Reiger, Mauricio Toro-Nahuelpan, Andreas Brachmann, Lisa Poettinger, Laure Plener, Jürgen Lassak, Kirsten Jung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4877103?pdf=render