Characterization of newly isolated lytic bacteriophages active against Acinetobacter baumannii.

Based on genotyping and host range, two newly isolated lytic bacteriophages, myovirus vB_AbaM_Acibel004 and podovirus vB_AbaP_Acibel007, active against Acinetobacter baumannii clinical strains, were selected from a new phage library for further characterization. The complete genomes of the two phage...

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Main Authors: Maia Merabishvili, Dieter Vandenheuvel, Andrew M Kropinski, Jan Mast, Daniel De Vos, Gilbert Verbeken, Jean-Paul Noben, Rob Lavigne, Mario Vaneechoutte, Jean-Paul Pirnay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4128745?pdf=render