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. 1968 Jul;2(7):695–701. doi: 10.1128/jvi.2.7.695-701.1968

Effect of Cyanophage Infection on CO2 Photoassimilation in Plectonema boryanum

Dalia Ginzburg 1, Etana Padan 1, Moshe Shilo 1
PMCID: PMC375676  PMID: 5723527

Abstract

Cyanophage infection effects a rapid and complete cessation of CO2 photoassimilation in Plectonema cells. From the amount of infected cells lysed, it was established that this phenomenon cannot be ascribed to lysis of the host cells either from within or from without. The possibility that the effect is due to nitrogen starvation, induced secondarily by cyanophage multiplication, was ruled out when it was found that nitrogen supplementation did not influence the inhibition. It is suggested that the arrest of CO2 photoassimilation is an integral part of the cyanophage infection cycle in P. boryanum. This idea is supported by the nondependence of the cyanophage-induced inhibition on the input multiplicity, by the light requirement for the inhibition, and by the fact that infected Plectonema cells with inhibited CO2 photo-assimilation support normal multiplication of the cyanophage. The pattern of light requirement for this viral inhibition further supports this suggestion.

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