Isolation and study of a bacteriophage of Pseudomonas testosteroni

Talon, D.; Michel-Briand, Y.

Comptes Rendus des Seances de la Societe de Biologie et de ses Filiales 174(6): 1072-1076

1980


ISSN/ISBN: 0037-9026
PMID: 6451268
Document Number: 163144
A virulent phage specific for Pseudomonas testosteroni is described. This phage have a regular icosahedral head (52 nm between opposite angles) and a contractile tail (165 X 8 nm) but no fibers on. The buoyant density is 1,51 +/- 0,01 g/ml. The nucleic acid is an desoxyribonucleic acid with a density of 1,696 +/- 0,03 g/ml and a GC% between 33,7 and 39,7.

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