Open AccessLysogeny Associated With Mucoid Variation in Mycobacterium Kansasii
Author(s) -
J. M. Grange,
R.G. Bird
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology/journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/00222615-11-1-1
Subject(s) - lysogenic cycle , mycobacterium kansasii , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , mycobacterium , bacteriophage , virology , bacteria , genetics , escherichia coli , gene
Ten of 200 strains of Mycobacterium kansasii were found to produce very mucoid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium. By electronmicroscopy these 10 strains were found to be lysogenic, whereas no phage was observed in cultures of 30 non-mucoid strains. The cultural and biochemical properties of the lysogenic strains are compared with those of non-lysogenic strains, and the morphology of the phages is described.