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Hemolytic Vibrio cholerae O1 That Is Sensitive to Mukerjee's Cholera Phage IV and the Phage Produced by the Hemolytic Vibrio Lysogenized with the Infection of Mukerjee's Cholera Phage IV
Author(s) -
Iwanaga Masaaki,
Nakamura Satoshi,
Kuyyakad Thicumporn
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.664
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1348-0421
pISSN - 0385-5600
DOI - 10.1111/j.1348-0421.1989.tb02011.x
Subject(s) - vibrio cholerae , el tor , cholera , microbiology and biotechnology , phage typing , prophage , biology , vibrio , bacteriophage , vibrionaceae , virology , lysogenic cycle , serotype , bacteria , escherichia coli , genetics , gene
Strains of hemolytic Vibrio cholerae Ol (El Tor vibrio) which are sensitive to Mukerjee's cholera phage group IV were isolated from cholera patients in North‐East Thailand in 1986. Plaques of the phage on these hemolytic V. cholerae Ol were usually translucent but almost transparent on some strains, just like the plaques on non‐hemolytic V. cholerae Ol (classical vibrio). These hemolytic V. cholerae Ol were lysogenized with the infection of cholera phage IV, and the lysogenized strains produced phage different from cholera phage IV. These hemolytic strains were classified into Cured type in prophage typing of V. cholerae Ol, El Tor, because they were also lysogenized with Kappa phage and were hemolytic. When Cured‐type V. cholerae Ol, El Tor previously isolated in various countries were examined for the sensitivity to cholera phage IV, some of the isolates were sensitive.