TY - JOUR
T1 - φ20, a temperate bacteriophage isolated from Bacillus anthracis exists as a plasmidial prophage
AU - Inal, Jameel M.
AU - Karunakaran, Karuna V.
PY - 1996/4
Y1 - 1996/4
N2 - This study describes the isolation of temperate B. anthracis phages, from 4 out of 20 B. anthracis strains screened, by use of the inducing agents mitomycin C and UV light. Phage φ20 isolated from B. anthracis Sterne 34F2 (pXO1+ pXO2-) was shown to have double-stranded DNA of size 48756 bp and a restriction site map showing nine sites for enzymes BamHI, BglII, and SstI is included. The φ20 genome was found to exist as a plasmidial prophage and the phage itself to have a polyhedral head of diameter 65 nm and tail 217 nm long and 15 nm wide.
AB - This study describes the isolation of temperate B. anthracis phages, from 4 out of 20 B. anthracis strains screened, by use of the inducing agents mitomycin C and UV light. Phage φ20 isolated from B. anthracis Sterne 34F2 (pXO1+ pXO2-) was shown to have double-stranded DNA of size 48756 bp and a restriction site map showing nine sites for enzymes BamHI, BglII, and SstI is included. The φ20 genome was found to exist as a plasmidial prophage and the phage itself to have a polyhedral head of diameter 65 nm and tail 217 nm long and 15 nm wide.
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U2 - 10.1007/s002849900030
DO - 10.1007/s002849900030
M3 - Article
C2 - 8867457
AN - SCOPUS:0029919145
SN - 0343-8651
VL - 32
SP - 171
EP - 175
JO - Current Microbiology
JF - Current Microbiology
IS - 4
ER -