We characterized two bacteriophages, ΦFG02 and ΦCO01, against clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii established that the bacterial capsule is receptor for these phages. Phage-resistant mutants harboured loss-of-function mutations in genes responsible biosynthesis, resulting loss disruption phage adsorption. The phage-resistant strains were resensitized to human complement, beta-lactam an...

Morse, M. L. (University of Colorado Medical Center, Denver) and J. W. LaBelle. Characteristics of a staphylococcal phage capable of transduction. J. Bacteriol. 83:775-780. 1962-The growth of staphylococcal phage 53, a temperate phage, has been studied. The latent periods in nutrient broth are: infected sensitive cells, 45 min; ultraviolet-induced lysogenic cells, 83 min. The burst size, as ind...

We report here the genome sequences of two bacteriophages of the Bacillus cereus group, DirtyBetty and Kida. These bacteriophages are double-stranded DNA-containing Myoviridae isolated from soil samples using Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki as their host bacteria.

The ability of 258 strains of Staphylococcus aureus and 132 strains of S. epidermidis to produce L-form colonies in a standard environment was investigated. Production of these colonies by S. aureus was correlated with their phage type. Phage type 7 strains produced L-form colonies in larger numbers and more consistently than those of phage type 80/81. No L-form colonies were produced by the S....

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introduction: lactic acid bacteria are widely used for the fermentation and preservation of dairy and meat products and to improve their aroma and texture. the aim of this study wasto screen lactobacillus plantarum isolated from sausage for detection of plasmids, protein bandsand phages, to find possible linkage of bacteriocin production to genetic location. material and methods: two lactobacil...

Phages of highly pathogenic bacteria represent an area growing interest for bacterial detection and identification subspecies typing, as well phage therapy environmental decontamination. Eight new phages—YpEc56, YpEc56D, YpEc57, YpEe58, YpEc1, YpEc2, YpEc11, YpYeO9—expressing lytic activity towards Yersinia pestis revealed a virion morphology consistent with the Podoviridae morphotype. These ph...

Virulent phages have been used for many years to type Brucella isolates, but until recently knowledge about the genetic makeup of these phages remains limited. In this work the host specificity and genomic sequences of the original set (deposited in 1960) of VLA Brucella reference phages Tb, Fi, Wb, Bk2, R/C, and Iz were analyzed and compared with hitherto described brucellaphages. VLA phages t...