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Mycoplasma virus MV-Lg-pS2-L172 was sensitive to heat (56° C/30 minutes), Nonidet-P40 and ether. In these respects it resembled Plasmavirus MV-L2. However, it differed from MV-L2 (and the other mycoplasma viruses, MV-L1, MV-L3 and BN 1 virus) in reciprocal plaque inhibition and serum neutralization tests (MV-L2 only). By plaque formation on host lawns resistant to the different mycoplasma viruses, including MV-Lg-pS2-L172, this latter virus was shown to be distinct from the other viruses, including MV-L2. Both MV-Lg-pS2-L172 and MV-L2 possessed one polypeptide band (out of 10) that was not common to the heterologous virus.
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Gourlay, R.N., Wyld, S.G., Garwes, D.J. et al. Comparison of mycoplasmatales virus MV-Lg-pS2-L172 with Plasmavirus MV-L2 and the other mycoplasma viruses. Archives of Virology 61, 289–296 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01315015
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