Survey of phytopathogenic pseudomonads for a restriction and modification system active on the double-stranded ribonucleic acid phage ϕ6

Diane A. Cuppels, James L. Van Etten, Pat Lambrecht, Anne K. Vidaver

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Abstract

A total of 380 pseudomonad strains from 39 nomenspecies and 41 strains from 7 other bacterial genera were screened for a double-stranded ribonucleic acid modification and restriction system using the double-stranded ribonucleic acid bacteriophage φ{symbol}6. Of these 421 strains, 8 showed the low plating efficiency (10-5 to 10-7) characteristic of such a system. Howver, the phage propagated in 7 of the 8 were host-range mutants; the remaining strain showed some characteristics of a host-modification system but the results were equivocal.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)247-249
Number of pages3
JournalCurrent Microbiology
Volume5
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1981

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Microbiology
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

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