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Lysogeny and its induction with mitomycin C by the long tailed virus is reported. The active virus was liberated in the medium during the growth period and ability of trichomes to produce virus was not reduced by treatment with EDTA.
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Singh, P.K. Lysogeny of blue-green alga Plectonema boryanum by long tailed virus. Molec. gen. Genet. 137, 181–183 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341684
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00341684