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Physiology And Ecology Of Bacteriophages Of Marine Bacterium Beneckea-Natriegens - Salinity, A Zachary
Physiology And Ecology Of Bacteriophages Of Marine Bacterium Beneckea-Natriegens - Salinity, A Zachary
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The effects of variation in ionic levels on the stability and replication of two bacteriophages (nt-1 and nt-6) host specific for the marine bacterium Beneckea natriegens were examined. Monovalent cations influenced the adsorption of the nt-1 but not the nt-6 phage; however, one-step growth studies showed that NaCl was required for replication of both phage. The NaCl optimum for nt-1 production was 0.25 M NaCl, the same as the growth optimum for B. natriegens. However, the optimum for nt-6 production was 0.16 M NaCl. These NaCl optima for host and phage are at estuarine rather than oceanic levels. The nt-1 …