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BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING OF MYCOBACTERIUM RANAE (FORTUITUM). THE USE OF UNADAPTED AND ADAPTED PHAGES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TYPING SYSTEM
Author(s) -
Nordström Gerd,
Grange J. M.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica section b microbiology and immunology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0365-5563
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1974.tb02297.x
Subject(s) - typing , bacteriophage , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , phage typing , mycobacterium fortuitum , mycobacterium , bacteria , genetics , escherichia coli , gene
Mycobacterium ranae has been used as an experimental model to investigate the feasibility of developing a phage typing system for the subdivision of a mycobacterial species. Typing by means of unadapted phages was of limited value whereas, for one group of strains, a highly discriminative set of adapted phages was produced. The eleven phages used in the study were divisible into four groups, one consisting of three phages from pseudolysogenic strains. Two other groups have been named the Tara and Penso groups, respectively. Two hitherto undescribed phages have been isolated and designated Mx1 and Mx2.