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A total of 180 bacteriophages active against 37 of 55 psychrophilic bacteria (isolated from fish and other sources) were isolated from sea water, sewage, and fish fillets. Cross-infection tests made with pools of homologous phages indicated that only 8 strains were resistant to all the phages.
Some similarities between marine and terrestrial pseudomonads were found, as well as significant differences between species previously considered to be closely related.
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The present work represents part of a dissertation submitted by the senior author in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree at the University of Massachusetts.
This investigation was supported by Public Health Service grant EF-00873-2 from the Division of Environment Engineering and Food Protection.
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Delisle, A.L., Levin, R.E. Bacteriophages of psychrophilic pseudomonads. I. Host range of phage pools active against fish spoilage and fish-pathogenic pseudomonads. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 35, 307–317 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02219151
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