Bacteriophage Ф S1 infection of Pseudomonas fluorescens planktonic cells versus biofilms

This communication focuses on the efficacy of a specific lytic phage, phage Ф S1, as a control agent of Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms. The effect of phage infection temperature and the host growth temperature were evaluated. The results obtained showed that the phage infection process was tempera...

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Main Author: Sillankorva, Sanna (author)
Other Authors: Oliveira, Rosário (author), Vieira, M. J. (author), Sutherland, Ian W. (author), Azeredo, Joana (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/1831
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/1831