Acid-fastness of Mycobacteri,m tuberculosis H37Rv following infection by mycobacteriophage DS6A.
Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37Rv demonstrates a loss of acid-fastness following exposure to specific mycobacteriophage DS6A. No effect was seen with another mycobacteriophage GS7 which does not lyse this organism.
D001433:Bacteriolysis; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000502:physiology; D009160:Mycobacteriophages; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000502:physiology*; D013194:Staining and Labeling