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. 1983 Jan;45(1):294–296. doi: 10.1128/aem.45.1.294-296.1983

Tubular Heads in Bacteriophages from Lactic Streptococci

Marie-Christine Chopin 1, Micheline Rousseau 1
PMCID: PMC242268  PMID: 16346173

Abstract

Tubular bacteriophage heads were observed in the lysate of two phages from Streptococcus lactis obtained from single plaques without mutagenesis. The frequency of appearance of the tubular heads was 2.5 and 16%.

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