Intracellular Parasitism of Chlamydiae: Specific Infectivity of Chlamydiaphage Chp2 in Chlamydophila abortus
- 1 July 2007
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Bacteriology
- Vol. 189 (13) , 4957-4959
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00235-07
Abstract
The obligate intracellular nature of chlamydiae presents challenges to the characterization of its phages, which are potential tools for a genetic transfer system. An assay for phage infectivity is described, and the infectious properties of phage Chp2 were determined.Keywords
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