Capsular protection against virulent coliphage infection
- 1 May 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Biotechnology & Bioengineering
- Vol. 12 (3) , 341-346
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bit.260120303
Abstract
The ecological significance of bacterial capsules when virulent bacteriophages are present was explored by exposing continuous cultures of Escherichia coli ATCC 11303, in various stages of capsulation and clumping, to a virulent coliphage, T2. Only partial protection was provided by capsulation, but this could be a factor affecting survival in complex mixed cultures.Keywords
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