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Transduction mechanisms of bacteriophage ε15 II. Isolation of a bacteriophage related to ε15

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

R. W. Hedges
R. W. Hedges
Affiliation:
Bacteriology Department, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Du Cane Road, London, W. 12
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A bacteriophage was isolated from a strain of Salmonella manilla. This phage, υ15, was found to have adsorption and conversion properties similar to phage ε15. The two phages show similar transduction efficiencies but phage υ15 lysogenizes more efficiently. Phage υ15 is not subject to repression by ε15 type prophage. The densities of the two phages are indistinguishable.

Phage υ15 can ‘cure’ ε15 type prophages and recombination is possible between genomes of the two phages. It seems probable that they are heteroimmune representatives of a single bacteriophage family.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , August 1971 , pp. 21 - 27
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1971

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