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SUBMITTER: Kropinski AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3606486 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kropinski Andrew M AM Waddell Tom T Meng Juncai J Franklin Kristyn K Ackermann Hans-Wolfgang HW Ahmed Rafiq R Mazzocco Amanda A Yates John J Lingohr Erika J EJ Johnson Roger P RP
Virology journal 20130306
<h4>Background</h4>Bacteriophages (phages) have been used extensively as analytical tools to type bacterial cultures and recently for control of zoonotic foodborne pathogens in foods and in animal reservoirs.<h4>Methods</h4>We examined the host range, morphology, genome and proteome of the lytic E. coli O157 phage rV5, derived from phage V5, which is a member of an Escherichia coli O157:H7 phage typing set.<h4>Results</h4>Phage rV5 is a member of the Myoviridae family possessing an icosahedral h ...[more]