title: Phage types of Mycobacterium bovis, substrains of BCG.
abstract: Nineteen substrains of Mycobacterium bovis, strain bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) used in laboratories throughout the world for the preparation of BCG vaccines were phage-typed with a battery of mycobacteriophages. The results revealed differences in their susceptibility to phage lysis that allow subdivision of these strains of BCG into two or more phage types.
mesh_terms: D001500:BCG Vaccine; D001433:Bacteriolysis; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D009160:Mycobacteriophages; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000145:classification*; D013045:Species Specificity; D010948:Viral Plaque Assay
chemical_list: D001500:BCG Vaccine