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Isolation and Some Properties of the Phages of B. cereus NRRL 569

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So far not enough is known about the isolation and virulent phages of B. cereus. Kellenberger1 studied the morphology of the temperate phages of a lysogenic cereus strain. McCloy's phages isolated from the lysogenic B. cereus W strain2 showed anthrax specificity. The phages of Pollock's B. cereus 569 strain was not known until recently3.

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    J. FÖLDES, KATALIN MERÉTEY & ISTVÁN VARGA

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FÖLDES, J., MERÉTEY, K. & VARGA, I. Isolation and Some Properties of the Phages of B. cereus NRRL 569. Nature 189, 161–162 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189161a0

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