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. 1992 Mar;58(3):1011–1018. doi: 10.1128/aem.58.3.1011-1018.1992

Comparative Study of 35 Bacteriophages of Lactobacillus helveticus: Morphology and Host Range

Laurent Séchaud 1, Micheline Rousseau 1, Blandine Fayard 1, Maria Luisa Callegari 1,†, Pascal Quénée 1, Jean-Pierre Accolas 1,*
PMCID: PMC195370  PMID: 16348661

Abstract

This survey included 23 phages isolated from cheese whey and 12 temperate phages induced with mitomycin from their lysogenic host strains. All of the phages had an isometric head and a tail with a contractile sheath. In addition, short-tailed (160-nm-long) and long-tailed (260-nm-long) phages were distinguished. Short-tailed phages were by far the most widespread in French cheese factories (32 of the 35 phages studied). The study of phage relationships enabled two large groups of strains to be distinguished: those not or slightly sensitive to phages and those very sensitive to phages. There was an obvious relationship in the first group between phage sensitivity (or resistance) and the geographic origin of the strains. The second group contained primarily strains from large international collections and those isolated from commercial starters. The relationships among short-tailed phages, either temperate or isolated as lytic, suggest that lysogenic strains could be the major source of phages in French cheese factories.

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