Summary
The effect of synthetic antiphages has been studied against different types of bacteriophage in the same bacterium, in this caseEscherichia coli. Most substances are active only against typesT 1, 3, 5, 7 (and our type 207) but not against types 2, 4, 6. Others show activity only against type 1 (and our type 207). The antiphage activity of a substance therefore seems to depend upon a specific relationship between its chemical structure and that of the phage type against which it is active.
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Neipp, L., Kunz, W. & Meier, R. Spécificité de l'action antiphage de substances synthétiques. Experientia 13, 74–75 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02160098
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