Heat sensitivity of Haemophilus influenzae containing defective prophage.
Strains of Haemophilus influenzae that carry a defective prophage are more sensitive to heat than is a strain that does not, even in the presence of a rec-1 mutation, which normally renders prophage noninducible. The prophage of HP1c1, a nondefective phage, does not affect the heat sensitivity.
D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000502:physiology*; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000502:physiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008242:Lysogeny