T-Even Bacteriophage-Tolerant Mutants of Escherichia coli B: I. Isolation and Preliminary Characterization

AUTOR(ES)

Mathews, Christopher K.

RESUMO

A general procedure is described for isolation of T-even phage-tolerant mutants of Escherichia coli. Two such mutants of E. coli B have been examined in some detail. These mutants adsorb T-even phages but are unable to release viable progeny. Under certain conditions, viability of the cells is completely unaffected by phage infection in one mutant, and there is but a slight decrease in colony-forming ability in the other. Phage deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is injected into these cells, as shown by the formation of phage-specific enzymes, but it is not degraded to acid-soluble material. Some phage DNA replication occurs in both strains. The mutants are both more resistant to ultraviolet light than is the parent strain.

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