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. 1990 Nov;56(11):3605–3608. doi: 10.1128/aem.56.11.3605-3608.1990

Ecophysiology of Bacteriophage S5100 Infecting Halobacterium cutirubrum

Larry L Daniels 1, Allen C Wais 1,*
PMCID: PMC185033  PMID: 16348363

Abstract

Increasing salinity reduces burst size and increases the latent period of infection of Halobacterium cutirubrum by lytic bacteriophage S5100. Cells become reversibly and persistently infected at saturation-level concentrations of NaCl. We propose that high salinity provides a natural refuge for sensitive host bacteria and that phage S5100 acts as a scavenger, proliferating when host viability is threatened by dilution of the environment.

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