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LYSOGENY IN PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
Author(s) -
Holloway BW,
Egan JB,
Monk Marilyn
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
australian journal of experimental biology and medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.999
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1440-1711
pISSN - 0004-945X
DOI - 10.1038/icb.1960.34
Subject(s) - lysogenic cycle , virulence , pseudomonas aeruginosa , bacteriophage , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , temperateness , isolation (microbiology) , strain (injury) , pseudomonas , bacteria , virology , genetics , escherichia coli , gene , anatomy
SUMMARY An investigation has been made into lysogenicity and pyocinogenicity in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The bacteriophages isolated were classified into groups on their antigenic properties and attempts have been made to correlate biological characteristics with this grouping. Multiple lysogeny in some strains is described, including one strain lysogenic for four unrelated phages. Certain of the bacterial strains are lysogenic for a phage having characteristics more typical of a virulent than of a temperate bacteriophage and the relationship of such strains to the isolation of virulent phages from natural sources is discussed. Reference is made to the application of this knowledge of Pseudomonas phages to genetic and epidemiological studies with this bacterium.