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. 1975 Sep;16(3):725–728. doi: 10.1128/jvi.16.3.725-728.1975

Attachment of a Long-Tailed Rhizobium Bacteriophage to the Pili of Its Host

Wolfgang Lotz 1, Herbert Pfister 1
PMCID: PMC354721  PMID: 16789164

Abstract

Bacterial strain 16-12 was isolated from the root nodules of lupines and was found to be mitomycin C-inducible for the production of a bacteriophage (“16-12-1”) with a long noncontractile tail. The phage was found to attach with a fork-like terminal tail structure to the pili of strain 16-12. In addition, it was also found adsorbed to the bacterial cell poles. It is suggested that phage 16-12-1 may be pilus dependent.

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