CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIFIC ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE MUTATIONS IN THE TEMPERATE LACTOCOCCAL BACTERIOPHAGE-TP901-1 AND THEIR USE IN STUDIES OF PHAGE BIOLOGY

Citation
B. Koch et al., CONSTRUCTION OF SPECIFIC ERYTHROMYCIN RESISTANCE MUTATIONS IN THE TEMPERATE LACTOCOCCAL BACTERIOPHAGE-TP901-1 AND THEIR USE IN STUDIES OF PHAGE BIOLOGY, Applied and environmental microbiology, 63(6), 1997, pp. 2439-2441
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
63
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2439 - 2441
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1997)63:6<2439:COSERM>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
A method for the construction and isolation of specifically designed m utations of the temperate lactococcal phage TP901-1 has been developed . Two different erm-labeled mutants were isolated. One was shown to be defective in lysogenization and excision. The other, showing normal l ysogenization, was used for host range studies.