EFFECTS OF ANTISERUM ON ADSORBED PHAGE

J Bacteriol. 1963 October; 86(4): 637–641.

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EFFECTS OF ANTISERUM ON ADSORBED PHAGE¹

Harvard Reiter

^aU.S. Army Biological Laboratories, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland

¹ This work was initiated while the author was a graduate student in the laboratory of the late Mark Adams at New York University.

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Abstract

Reiter, Harvard (U.S. Biological Laboratories, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Md.). Effects of antiserum on adsorbed phage. J. Bacteriol. 86:637–641. 1963.—The penetration of T₃ bacteriophages attached to the host cells could be delayed or entirely prevented by antiserum against T₃ phage. The antiserum-sensitive period of the attached phages increased at lower temperatures. The degree of inhibition increased with antiserum concentration and with early exposure to antiserum. Bacteriophages T₁ and T₄ were not affected by antiserum in this manner; T₇ reacted similarly to T₃.

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