Methods and Procedures

Phase 1

Isolate Microbes.

Incubation.

Ultracentrifugation.

PCR conserved 16S rDNA sequences.

Phase 2

Characterization Of Isolate.

AP-PCR.

Electron Microscopy.

Data Analysis.

Phase 3

Characterization of uncultured phage.

AP-PCR, EM, Data Analysis

Sequence submission to GenBank.

Taxonomy data to ICTV.