SEWAGE COLIPHAGES STUDIED BY ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY
SEWAGE COLIPHAGES STUDIED BY ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY
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DOI:
10.1128/aem.45.3.1049-1059.1983
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
影响因子:
4.4
通讯作者:
NGUYEN, TM
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作者:
ACKERMANN, HW;NGUYEN, TM
Sewage [obtained from Quebec City, Quebec, Canada] was enriched with 35 Escherichia coli strains and sediments of enrichment cultures were studied by EM. They contained up to 10 varieties of morphologically different particles. T-even-type phages predominated in 14 samples. Thirteen phages were enriched, representing the families Myoviridae (7), Styloviridae (2), Podoviridae (3) and Microviridae (1). Twelve of these corresponded to known enterobacterial phage species, i.e., 121, K19, FC3-9, O1, 9266, T2, 16-19, .chi., .beta.4, N4, T7 and .vphi.X174. Cubic RNA phages and filamentous phages were not detected. Types 121 and 9266 were previously observed only in Romania and South Africa. Identification by morphology is usually simple. Our investigative technique is qualitative and will not detect all phages present. Most enrichment strains are polyvalent and EM is always required for phage identification. Generally, EM seems to be the method of choice for investigation of phage geography and ecology.