Alteration of Host Specificity to Lytic Bacteriophages in Streptococcus cremoris†

AUTOR(ES)

Sinha, R. P.

RESUMO

A mutant of Streptococcus cremoris strain ML1 was isolated based on its resistance to acriflavine. The mutant strain showed resistance to the growth of virulent bacteriophages to which the parental strain was sensitive whereas it became sensitive to a number of other virulent phages to which the parental strain was resistant. At the same time, infection of the mutant strain by another bacteriophage sc607 resulted in killing of cells without production of progeny phages. The phage adsorption appeared normal, suggesting that the killing was a postadsorption event. Such killing of bacterial cells was prevented by chloramphenicol treatment, indicating that involvement of some protein either synthesized by phage or phage-induced cellular protein. Synthesis of ribonucleic acid was abruptly terminated after infection of the mutant strain by phage sc607 but not of the parental strain. The alteration of host specificity in the mutant to different lytic bacteriophages and especially abortive infection by phage sc607 resembles the prophage-mediated interference observed in other bacteria.

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