Lysogeny in the mycobacteria. II. Alterations of bacterial antigens mediated by mycobacteriophage

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Abstract
Using the agglutination test and the indirect fluorescent antibody test it was demonstrated that lysogenization of the rough variant of Mycobacterium smegmatis ATCC 607 by mycobacteriophages D29 and B4 was accompanied by the appearance of new bacterial antigens. Each phage mediated a different bacterial antigen. That the new bacterial antigens were phage mediated was demonstrated by the loss of the new antigens when the bacterial culture was "cured" of the prophage.