The Isolation and morphology of Some New Bacteriophages Specific for Bacillus and Acetobacter species
- 1 November 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Microbiology Society in Journal of General Microbiology
- Vol. 41 (2), 233-241
- https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-41-2-233
Abstract
The best natural habitat for bacteriophages is probably a semi-solid medium containing actively dividing host bacteria. Such conditions are provided for Bacillus and Acetobacter species in rotting grass and apples, respectively. The Bacillus phages found included one with a large head and a contractile tail, and also a so-called killer particle, which had a 350 A head and a long contractile tail. This particle had the property of killing but not multiplying within a sensitive cell. A new morphological type of virulent Bacillus phage was also isolated; its head was oblong and the tail consisted of a short needle and a plate. The one Acetobacter phage found resembled coliphage T3 but was of particular interest because of the prominence of the head capsomeres and the three-pronged tail.This publication has 9 references indexed in Scilit:
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