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Abstract
Two bacteriophages for Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus were isolated. One of the phages (VL-1) was isolated on a host-independent Bdellovibrio strain, and the other (VL-2) was isolated on a host-dependent strain. Both phages grew on host-dependent as well as on host-independent Bdellovibrio strains. The development of the phages in host-dependent bdellovibrios occurred only when the phage-infected bdellovibrios parasitized cells of other bacteria. In the absence of other bacteria, the phages adsorbed to the bdellovibrios and killed them and in the process lost their own plaque-forming ability.Entities:
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Year: 1972 PMID： 4552554 PMCID： PMC356327
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Virol ISSN： 0022-538X Impact factor: 5.103