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A study of plague phages and the bacterial mutants resistant to them

Report I. Biological properties of the plague phages

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A study of the biological properties of plague bacteriophages EB, 1–17, and d'Erell, demonstrated that these phages possess not only a wide range of action in respect to the plague bacteria of various origin, but also lyse 10–12 percent of the representatives of the pseudotuberculosis pathogen. Adsorption of the plague phage particles occurs in 5–8 minutes (EB and 1–17) or 8–10 minutes (d'Erell). The period of intracellular development is 23–25 minutes. The average output of phage particles per bacterial cell differs for the various phages, ranging from 56 to 110 corpuscles. According to their serological properties, these bacteriophages belong to one group.

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    A. I. Volosivets

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Volosivets, A.I. A study of plague phages and the bacterial mutants resistant to them. Bull Exp Biol Med 56, 1004–1007 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00793617

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