Translocation of Bacteriophage Across the Intestinal Wall of the Rat.

Abstract
Coliphage T1 was introduced directly into the small intestine of rats. Intestinal lymph, collected from the cisterna chyli, was assayed for phage in testinal lymph, collected from the cisterna chyli, was assayed for phage at various time intervals as was also portal blood. The results indicated that, in rats, phage was translocated from the intestinal lumen into the intestinal lymph and not directly into the blood.