Abstract
In Escherichia coli K-12, the receptor for phage lambda is an outer membrane protein which inactivates the phage in vitro. Lambda receptor activity was found in extracts from all wild strains of E. coli tested, although most of them fail to support growth of the phage. In some cases this failure is due to a masking of the receptor in vivo, the bacteria being unable to adsorb the phage or to react with antireceptor antibodies. In other cases, adsorption does occur, and the nature of the block in phage growth was not investigated. Most Mal+ strains of Shigella have lambda receptor, whereas most Mal- strains do not have it. Synthesis of the lambda receptor in Shigella is thus presumably controlled by the positive regulator gene of the maltose regulon as is the case in E. coli K-12. Phage lambda adsorbs on many Mal+ strains of Shigella and even yields plaques on some of them, although at a low frequency. No lambda receptor activity could be found in extracts of several strains of Salmonella and Levinea.
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