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. 1971 Aug;8(2):242–253. doi: 10.1128/jvi.8.2.242-253.1971

Comparison of Bacillus cereus Bacteriophages CP-51 and CP-53 1

David B Yelton a,2, Curtis B Thorne a
PMCID: PMC356236  PMID: 5000543

Abstract

Transducing bacteriophages CP-51 and CP-53 were compared. Unlike CP-51, CP-53 appeared to be a lysogenizing phage. CP-51 gave greater frequencies of co-transduction for linked markers than did CP-53. CP-51 was found to be a larger phage which carried more deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) than CP-53. CP-51 DNA contained about 43% guanine plus cytosine and in addition contained 5-hydroxymethyluracil in place of thymine. CP-53 DNA contained no unusual bases; its guanine plus cytosine content was 37%.

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