Genomic, Morphological and Functional Characterization of Virulent Bacteriophage IME-JL8 Targeting Citrobacter freundii

Citrobacter freundii refers to a fish pathogen extensively reported to be able to cause injury and high mortality. Phage therapy is considered a process to alternatively control bacterial infections and contaminations. In the present study, the isolation of a virulent bacteriophage IME-JL8 isolated...

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Main Authors: Kaixiang Jia, Nuo Yang, Xiuwen Zhang, Ruopeng Cai, Yang Zhang, Jiaxin Tian, Sayed Haidar Abbas Raza, Yuanhuan Kang, Aidong Qian, Ying Li, Wuwen Sun, Jinyu Shen, Jiayun Yao, Xiaofeng Shan, Lei Zhang, Guiqin Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2020.585261/full