StenM_174: A Novel Podophage That Infects a Wide Range of Stenotrophomonas spp. and Suggests a New Subfamily in the Family Autographiviridae

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia was discovered as a soil bacterium associated with the rhizosphere.Later, S.maltophilia was found to be a multidrug-resistant hospital-associated pathogen.Lytic bacteriophages are prospective antimicrobials; therefore, there is a need for the isolation and characterization of new Stenotrophomonas phages.The phage StenM_

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Changes in Growth and Oil Yield Indices of Rapeseed (Brassica napus L., cv. Hyola 401) in Different Concentrations andTimes of Application of Supplementary Nitrogen Fertilizer

In order to investigate the effect of concentration and time of supplementary nitrogen fertilizer spray on growth indices of rapeseed (cv.Hyola 401), a field experiment was conducted at Rice Research Institute of Iran as a randomized complete blocks design with 16 treatments and 3 replications in 2008-2009.The treatments included concentration of n

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