OmpC Is the Receptor for Gifsy-1 and Gifsy-2 Bacteriophages of Salmonella

Abstract
Mutations in the Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium ompC gene conferred resistance to Gifsy-1 and Gifsy-2 bacteriophages. Selection for complementing plasmids yielded clones of ompC. Introduction of anompC clone into Escherichia coliconferred the ability to adsorb Gifsy phage. These data show that OmpC is the receptor for Gifsy-1 and Gifsy-2 phages.