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. 1982 Jun;43(6):1284–1287. doi: 10.1128/aem.43.6.1284-1287.1982

Prophage Curing in Lactobacillus casei by Isolation of a Thermoinducible Mutant

Mariko Shimizu-Kadota 1, Toshizo Sakurai 1
PMCID: PMC244228  PMID: 16346028

Abstract

To eliminate the occurrence of virulent phage in industrial fermentation, attempts were made to obtain prophage-cured derivatives from Lactobacillus casei lysogenic strain S-1. A thermoinducible mutant lysogen was isolated from mutagenized strain S-1, since S-1 cannot be induced under laboratory conditions. The mutation responsible for thermoinducibility was located on the prophage. Prophage-cured strains were selected after heat induction of the mutant. These cured strains did not produce the virulent phage and should be valuable for industrial fermentation.

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