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. 1985 Jul;55(1):111–116. doi: 10.1128/jvi.55.1.111-116.1985

Molecular relationships among serogroup B bacteriophages of Staphylococcus aureus.

P R Stewart, H G Waldron, J S Lee, P R Matthews
PMCID: PMC254904  PMID: 2989549

Abstract

The typing bacteriophages 55, 80, 83A, and 85 of Staphylococcus aureus, representative of the three major lytic groups of serological group B aureophages, have been examined for relatedness of their genomes and virion proteins. Phages 11 and 80 alpha were also examined to determine the relationship of phage 80 alpha to phages 11 and 80. Total genome hybridization measurements divided the phages into two groups. Phages 55 and 80, in the first group, had DNA homology of 50%. Phages 11, 80 alpha, 83A, and 85 formed a second group with 27 to 65% homology. Homology between the two groups was in the range of 14 to 22%. Phage 80 alpha is more closely related to phage 11 than to phage 80, though it is probably not a simple recombinant of phages 11 and 80. Restriction enzyme digestion and phage [32P]DNA hybridization analysis of the endonuclease-generated fragments from each phage DNA confirmed the findings of the DNA homology measurements. The endonuclease fragment patterns generated by EcoRI and HindIII were distinctive for each phage, confirming that none of the phages are closely related. Common sequences were present in most fragments from the phage DNAs when the labeled probe DNA was from a different phage in the same group. Cross-group probing of endonuclease fragments revealed both a diminished level of homology when similar sequences were present and the probable absence of some sequences. Virion proteins, examined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, were similar in number and molecular weight for phages 11, 80 alpha, 83A, and 85, reflecting the DNA homology analyses. The virion proteins from phages 55 and 80, however, were more distinctive, and both differed from the phages in the other group.

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