Bacteriophage Ecology Group
Reference Abstracts (1964)
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  1. Decomposition of T6 bacteriophage in alkaline solutions. Anderson, T.F., Stephens, R. (1964). Virology 23:113-117. [TOP OF PAGE]

  2. On the structure of some bacteriophages. Bystrický, V., Drahos, V., Mulczyk, M., Przondo-Hessek, A., Slopek, S. (1964). Acta Virol. 8:369-372. [TOP OF PAGE]

  3. Human enteric viruses in water: Source, survival, and removability. Clarke, N.A., Berg, G., Kabler, P.W., Change, S.L. (1964). Advances in Water Pollution Research 2:523-536. [TOP OF PAGE]

  4. Human enteric viruses in sewage. Clarke, N.A., Kabler, P.W. (1964). Health Lab Sci. 1:44-50. [TOP OF PAGE]

  5. Sedimentation and biological properties of T-phages of Escherichia coli. Cummings, D.J. (1964). Virology 23:408-418. [TOP OF PAGE]

  6. Some characteristics of large-plaque and small-plaque lines of polyoma virus. Diamond, L., Crawford, L.V. (1964). Virology 22:235-244. Suspensions of small-plaque and large-plaque lines of polyoma virus showed marked differences in the adsorption of virus particles to cells and to the hemagglutinin inhibitor released from cells. Small-plaque virus was more readily adsorbed than large-plaque virus, and this difference could be used as an adjunct to plaque size distribution in determining the predominant plaque type of virus suspensions. The suspensions of large- and small-plaque virus contained similar proportions of "full" particles of buoyant density 1.32 and "empty" particles of buoyant density 1.29. [TOP OF PAGE]

  7. A model for phage attachment to bacteria with death and reproduction. Gani, J., Nagai, T. (1964). Annals of Mathematical Statistics 35, 1835-1835. In a bacterial colony of initial size n0 subject to attack by v0 bacteriophage, suppose that at any time t > 0, there are n uninfected bacteria, N bacteria with one or more phages attached to them, and v unattached phages. ¶ Approximate deterministic equations for these can be derived

    dn / dt = -lnv + bn
    dN / dt = lnv - mN
    d / dt = -lnv - alNv + mKN

    where l, al are phage attachment rates to uninfected and infected bacteria respectively (a < 1), b is the bacterial reproduction rate, m the bacterial death rate from phage infection, and K the number of phages produced when an infected bacterium dies. ¶ These equations are discussed, and assuming a solution for the v can be found, whether exact or approximate, it is shown that a stochastic model may be set up for n, N, such that their joint probability of generating function can be obtained. [this is the entire publication]. [TOP OF PAGE]

  8. Studies on the movement of staphyloccocal phage introduced into rabbit body by various routes. Ha, T.Y. (1964). Korean Central Journal 7:595-??? [TOP OF PAGE]

  9. The reaction of indole and T2 bacteriophage. Kanner, L.C., Kozloff, L.M. (1964). Biochemistry 3:215-223. Many aromatic compounds bind to bacteriophage T2 and prevent adsorption of the virus to its host cell. Indole and iodobenzene are the most active of a large number of substances tested. All active compounds are either p- or n-electron donors, and their ability to inhibit adsorption is correlated with their ability to form molecular charge-transfer complexes. Indole and other inhibitors cannot react with all of the alternative forms which T2 particles can assume in solution. The phage particles normally participate in a rapid equilibrium between a state in which they adsorb to E. coli B ("active state"), and a state in which they cannot adsorb ("inactive state"). Indole reacts only with the nonadsorbing form of phage, and fixes change in the tail-fiber configuration of the T2 particle from an extended to a nonextended state. This alteration of the fibers also affects the hydrodynamic behavior of T2. Bacteriophage T2H in the active state has a velocity sedimentation coefficient 10-15% smaller than it has in the inactive state. [TOP OF PAGE]

  10. Morphological differences between Pasteurella-bacteriophages. Knapp, W., Zwillenberg, L.O. (1964). Arch. Ges. Virusforsch 14:563-566. [TOP OF PAGE]

  11. The growth of viral plaques during the enlargement phase. Koch, A.L. (1964). J. Theor. Biol. 6:413-431. The kinetics of the enlargement phase of plaque development are considered. It is shown that the plaque diameter increases and depends primarily on the square root of the diffusion constant divided by the square root of the lag period. Additional theoretical treatment of the shielding influence of the recipient cells is presented. Literature observations made with bacterial, animal, and plant viruses are then compared with the theory. [TOP OF PAGE]

  12. Possible existance of phages to certain rickettsia. Pshenichnov, R.A., Batarova, N.A. (1964). Vopr. Virusol. ???:494???-??? [TOP OF PAGE]

  13. Control of algae with viruses. Safferman, R.S., Morris, M.E. (1964). J. Am. Water Works Assoc. 56:1217-1224. [TOP OF PAGE]

  14. Some physical-chemical and biological properties of the rod-shaped coliphage M13. Salivar, W.O., Tzagoloff, H., Pratt, D. (1964). Virology 24:359-371. The bacteriophage M13 differs widely from most other phages of Escherichia coli in its structure and method of release from infected cells. The phage is a slender flexible rod about 8000 A in length, containing single-stranded DNA with the base composition of thymine = 36%, adenine - 23%, cytosine = 20%, and guanine = 21%. The DNA sediments with an S value of 24 at 20° in 0.15 M NaCl + 0.015 M sodium citrate. The phage bands in a CsCl gradient at the very low density of 1.29. The phage structure is such that M13 is highly resistant to heating and stable to a variety of mechanical stresses. It is not affected by trypsin or DNase, but is inactivated by the proteolytic enzyme Nagrase. ¶ Cells infected with either the wild-type M13 phage or clear or turbid plaque types [sic] mutants do not lyse but release progeny phage while continuing to grow and divide. The growth rates of uninfected cultures and those infected with the three types of phage are in the order: uninfected > turbid > wild type > clear. These differences in growth rate probably account for the difference in turbidity between wild type and mutant plaques. The growth rates of infected cultures are negatively correlated with the numbers of phage produced per cell per generation. ¶ M13 resembles the E. coli phages f1 and fd in all physical-chemical and biological characteristics for which information is available. By serological tests, the three phages are very closely related but are definitely not identical. [TOP OF PAGE]

  15. Calcium ion requirement for proliferation of bacteriophage fm. Shafia, F., Thompson, T.L. (1964). J. Bacteriol. 88:293-296. [TOP OF PAGE]

  16. Isolation and preliminary characterization of bacteriophage f m4 (or "Isolation and primary characterization of bacteriophage fm-4"???). Shafia, F., Thompson, T.L. (1964). J. Bacteriol. 87:99 (or 999?)-??? [TOP OF PAGE]

  17. Assay of T3 phage by plaque count. Werly, E.F., Monley, A. (1964). J. Bacteriol. 87:1177-1179. [TOP OF PAGE]

  18. Topley and Wilson's Principles of Bacteriology and Immunity. Wilson, G.S., Miles, A.A. (1964). Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore.[no abstract]. [TOP OF PAGE]

  19. The role of temperate bacteriophage in the production of erythrogenic toxin by group A streptococci. Zabriskie, J.B. (1964). J. Exp. Med. 119:761-??? [TOP OF PAGE]

  20. Lysis of Chlorella cultures in the absence of bacteria. Zavarzina, N.B. (1964). Mikrobiologiya 33:561-564. [TOP OF PAGE]

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