Characterization of DC1, a broad-host-range Bcep22-like podovirus.
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SUBMITTER: Lynch KH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3264122 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb
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Characterization of DC1, a broad-host-range Bcep22-like podovirus.
Lynch Karlene H KH Stothard Paul P Dennis Jonathan J JJ Dennis Jonathan J JJ
Applied and environmental microbiology 20111202 3
Bcep22-like phages are a recently described group of podoviruses that infect strains of Burkholderia cenocepacia. We have isolated and characterized a novel member of this group named DC1. This podovirus shows many genomic similarities to BcepIL02 and Bcep22, but it infects strains belonging to multiple Burkholderia cepacia complex (BCC) species. ...[more]
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