The Absorption of Staphylococcus Bacteriophages by Enterococci

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Abstract
Investi-gation of 16 strains of the enterococcus group organisms showed that actively growing cultures of the enterococcus, formalin-killed cultures, and ground cultures possess considerable ability to absorb staphylococcus bacteriophage. Heated prepns. of enterococci, whether derived from whole cultures, ground cultures, or watery extracts failed to absorb staphylococcus phage; homologous phages were absorbed. Staphylococci, and some strains of Bacillus subtilis, absorb an enterococcus phage. Carbohydrate fractions of enterococci are devoid of inactivating power against either homologous or heterologous phages. Protein fractions of these same strains will absorb homologous and to some extent heterologous phages. The component in enterococci responsible for staphylococcus phage inactivation cannot be demonstrated consistently by the use of a serological method (production of precipitin).

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