Thermolability of the Bacterium-Phage Complex
- 1 February 1949
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Frontiers Media SA in Experimental Biology and Medicine
- Vol. 70 (2) , 213-214
- https://doi.org/10.3181/00379727-70-16876
Abstract
Staphylo-coccal phage and the susceptible strain of Staphylococcus aureus are not destroyed during a 40-min. period of exposure to 47.5 C. However, when the phage is attached to bacterial cells the plaque count drops to approx. 20% of the initial value under like conditions.Keywords
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