A COMPARATIVE-STUDY ON THE FREQUENCY OF PROPHAGES AMONG NATURAL ISOLATES OF SALMONELLA AND ESCHERICHIA-COLI WITH EMPHASIS ON GENERALIZED TRANSDUCERS

Authors
SCHICKLMAIER P MOSER E WIELAND T RABSCH W SCHMIEGER H
Citation
P. Schicklmaier et al., A COMPARATIVE-STUDY ON THE FREQUENCY OF PROPHAGES AMONG NATURAL ISOLATES OF SALMONELLA AND ESCHERICHIA-COLI WITH EMPHASIS ON GENERALIZED TRANSDUCERS, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 73(1), 1998, pp. 49-54
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek → ACNP
ISSN journal
00036072
Volume
73
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
49 - 54
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-6072(1998)73:1<49:ACOTFO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Several collections of natural isolates of the genus Salmonella and of the species Escherichia coli were studied for the release of viable t emperate phages. The results indicated that functional prophage genome s may be a common constituent of all bacterial genomes of the investig ated strains. About 99% of the Salmonella phages are capable of genera lized transduction of chromosomal host markers and plasmids. The ratio of transducing E. coil phages is significantly lower.