Isolation, purification and ultrastructure of bacteriophages from natural mosquito breeding places in Egypt
Ali, S.M.; Saleh, M.B.; Merdan, A.I.
Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 23(2): 431-435
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 1110-0583 PMID: 8104227 Document Number: 412206
Two bacteriophages were isolated from samples collected from 2 different mosquito breeding places (in Egypt) and characterized. Phage AB-1 (from "seepage water" in Abheit village, Faiyoum Governorate) and phage GA-2 (from "sewage drain water" from El Gabal El Asfer, Qualyobia Governorate) were both purified. Their ultrastructure is described. No major differences between the 2 bacteriophages was observed. As the 2 bacteriophages came from 2 different types of habitat it is suggested that there may be a wide host range and this could explain how bacterial insecticides used for mosquito larval control might be inhibited by these bacteriophages.