PMID: 11898342Mar 20, 2002Paper

Isolation and characterization of two types of actinophage infecting Streptomyces scabies

Folia Microbiologica
el-S A el-SayedK Mansour

Abstract

Two types of actinophages, phi S and phi L, were isolated from soil samples by using Streptomyces scabies, a potato scab pathogen, as indicator strain. The phages were partially characterized according to their physicochemical properties, plaques and particles morphology, and their host range; this varied from narrow (for phi S) to wide (for phi L). The adsorption rate constants of the phi S and phi L were 3.44 and 3.18 pL/min, and their burst sizes were 1.61 and 3.75 virions per mL, respectively. One-step growth indicated that phi S and phi L have a latent period of 1/2 h followed by a rise period of 1/2 h. The temperate character of these phages was tested in other isolates of Streptomyces. Four of the phages (phi SS3, phi SS12, phi SS13 and phi SS17) were identified as temperate phages, since they were able to lysogenize SS3, SS12, SS13 and SS17. phi SS3, phi SS12 and phi SS13 were homoimmune, and they were heteroimmune with respect to phi SS17. The restriction barriers of lysogenic isolates (SS12, SS13 and SS17) interfered with the blockage of plaque formation by phages (phi SS12, phi SS13 or phi SS17) propagated on them, about 75% of lysogenic isolates had restriction systems. The exposure of the lysogenic isolates (SS12, ...Continue Reading

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