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NewBacillus bacteriophage species

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Nine new species of tailedBacillus phages, based on morphological and physicochemical properties, are defined. Phage P10 is one of the largest viruses known. The total number of tailedBacillus phage species is presently 33.

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  1. Félix d'Hérelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruses, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Canada

    H. -W. Ackermann & H. P. Emadi Konjin

  2. Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, Russia

    R. R. Azizbekyan

  3. Unité des Bactéries entomopathogènes, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France

    M. -M. Lecadet

  4. Instituto de Microbiologia, Centro de Ciências de Saúde, Cidade Universitária, Ilha do Fundão, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    L. Seldin

  5. Promega, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

    M. X. Yu

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Ackermann, H.W., Azizbekyan, R.R., Emadi Konjin, H.P. et al. NewBacillus bacteriophage species. Archives of Virology 135, 333–344 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01310018

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