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Isolation of a transducing phage forming plaques on Pseudomonas maltophilia and Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

Agnès M. Moillo
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Bactériologie, Université Paul Sabatier, 37, Allées Jules Ghesde, 31077, Toulouse, France
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A temperate phage, M6, has been isolated from a lysogenic strain of Pseudomonas maltophilia. An extended range mutant, M6a, plates on P. aeruginosa and is capable of general transduction in this species. This phage may be of value for comparing the genetic maps of different species of Pseudomonas.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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