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Isolation and Characterization of Large Marine Bacteriophage (Myoviridae), VhKM4 Infecting Vibrio harveyi

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Pages 26-30 | Received 16 Jun 2016, Accepted 07 Oct 2016, Published online: 06 Feb 2017

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