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Bacteriophages of psychrophilic pseudomonads. II. Host range of phage active againstPseudomonas putrefaciens

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Forty phages active against 4 terrestrial and against 10 of 24 marine strains ofP. putrefaciens were isolated from raw municipal sewage, fish-pier water, and refrigerated haddoch fillets. With one exception, phages active against marine strains were obtained only from pier water and fish fillets. Only two strains were attacked solely by their homologous phage while five of the marine strains were not attacked by any phage. Lytic reactions revealed no obvious differences between marine and terrestrial strains.

Detectable bacteriocins were not produced by any of the strains and only one strain was found to be lysogenic. Most of the phages were capable of forming plaques at 2 G, regardless of the temperature at which they were isolated.

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  1. Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Massachusetts, 01002, Amherst, Mass., USA

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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 Environmental Engineering and Food Protection.

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Delisle, A.L., Levin, R.E. Bacteriophages of psychrophilic pseudomonads. II. Host range of phage active againstPseudomonas putrefaciens . Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 35, 318–324 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02219152

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