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. 1968 Sep;2(9):901–904. doi: 10.1128/jvi.2.9.901-904.1968

Inactivating and Mutagenic Effects of 1-Methyl-3-Nitro-1-Nitrosoguanidine on Intracellular Bacteriophage

Antonio Zampieri 1,1, Joseph Greenberg 1,2, Guylyn Warren 1
PMCID: PMC375710  PMID: 5725321

Abstract

1-Methyl-3-nitro-1-nitrosoguanidine (NG) was able to inactivate and mutate adsorbed but not free coliphage T2. Coliphage T4 was as sensitive to NG as T2. When treatment was delayed for 5 min or longer after adsorption of T2, the phage became increasingly refractory to NG inactivation.

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