Bacteriophages fromBombyx mori (original) (raw)

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Preparations of silkworm larvae contained two large phages with contractile tails (Myoviridae). One phage was active on_Pseudomonas paucimobilis_. The other, not cultivated, was one of the largest viruses known.

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1. Félix d'Hérelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruses, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec
   H. -W. Ackermann & H. P. Emadi Konjin
2. Laboratory of Microbiology, Laval Hospital, Sainte-Foy, Quebec, Canada
   P. Auclair
3. Department of Sericulture, Karnataka University, Dharwad, India
   S. Basavarajappa & C. Savanurmath

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1. H. -W. Ackermann
2. P. Auclair
3. S. Basavarajappa
4. H. P. Emadi Konjin
5. C. Savanurmath

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Ackermann, H.W., Auclair, P., Basavarajappa, S. et al. Bacteriophages from_Bombyx mori_.Archives of Virology 137, 185–190 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01311186

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• Received: 11 August 1993
• Accepted: 10 February 1994
• Issue date: March 1994
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01311186

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