Lysogeny associated with mucoid variation in Mycobacterium kansasii.
Ten of 200 strains of Mycobacterium kansasii were found to produce very mucoid growth on Löwenstein-Jensen medium. By electronmicroscopy these 10 strains were found to be lysogenic, whereas no phage was observed in cultures of 30 non-mucoid strains. The cultural and biochemical properties of the lysogenic strains are compared with those of non-lysogenic strains, and the morphology of the phages is described.
D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D006867:Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D006868:Hydrolysis; D008242:Lysogeny; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009160:Mycobacteriophages / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D009565:Nitrate Reductases / Q000378:metabolism; D013429:Sulfatases / Q000378:metabolism
D009565:Nitrate Reductases; D006867:Hydrolases; D013429:Sulfatases; D000581:Amidohydrolases