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. 1981 Dec;148(3):1012–1015. doi: 10.1128/jb.148.3.1012-1015.1981

Defective specialized SP beta transducing bacteriophages of Bacillus subtilis that carry the sup-3 or sup-44 gene.

R H Lipsky, R Rosenthal, S A Zahler
PMCID: PMC216309  PMID: 6796561

Abstract

We isolated defective specialized transducing phages of SP beta that carry one of the extracistronic suppressors, sup-3 or sup-44. Lysates containing these phages can be used in a simple spot test to determine whether an auxotrophic mutation can be suppressed. The sup-3 and sup-44 mutations are distinct, in that their suppression patterns differ for the markers hisA1, metC3, and thr-5; and they are not alleles.

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