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. 1988 Apr;170(4):1672–1682. doi: 10.1128/jb.170.4.1672-1682.1988

Lysogenization of Escherichia coli him+, himA, and himD hosts by bacteriophage Mu.

R B Bourret 1, M S Fox 1
PMCID: PMC211016  PMID: 2965142

Abstract

The possible outcomes of infection of Escherichia coli by bacteriophage Mu include lytic growth, lysogen formation, nonlysogenic surviving cells, and perhaps simple killing of the host. The influence of various parameters, including host himA and himD mutations, on lysogeny and cell survival is described. Mu does not grow lytically in or kill him bacteria but can lysogenize such hosts. Mu c+ lysogenizes about 8% of him+ bacteria infected at low multiplicity at 37 degrees C. The frequency of lysogens per infected him+ cell diminishes with increasing multiplicity of infection or with increasing temperature over the range from 30 to 42 degrees C. In him bacteria, the Mu lysogenization frequency increases from about 7% at low multiplicity of infection to approach a maximum where most but not all cells are lysogens at high multiplicity of infection. Lysogenization of him hosts by an assay phage marked with antibiotic resistance is enhanced by infection with unmarked auxiliary phage. This helping effect is possible for at least 1 h, suggesting that Mu infection results in formation of a stable intermediate. Mu immunity is not required for lysogenization of him hosts. We argue that in him bacteria, all Mu genomes which integrate into the host chromosome form lysogens.

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