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Clostridium sordellii bacteriophage active on Clostridium difficile
Author(s) -
Schallehn Gisela
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1985.tb01492.x
Subject(s) - clostridium difficile , microbiology and biotechnology , lytic cycle , bacteriophage , strain (injury) , clostridiaceae , biology , clostridium , virology , bacteria , virus , antibiotics , escherichia coli , toxin , biochemistry , anatomy , genetics , gene
Among five strains of Clostridium difficile and 39 strains of Cl. sordellii tested, one Cl. difficile phage and four Cl. sordellii phages were found to be lytic for Cl. difficille strain 2. The five phages were similar in morphology, showing a polyhedral head of 60 nm in diameter, a tail of 105–120 nm, a contractile tail sheath and a base plate. They were sensitive to heat (60°C/10 min) and stable at 4°C for at least 6 months. As the phage donor strains and the indicator strain were not cytotoxigenic, no phage‐infected culture of Cl. difficile 2 was able to produce cytotoxin.