title: Bacteriophage growth on stationary phase Achromobacter cells.
abstract: A new phage-host system is described in which phage alpha 3a grows on stationary phase Achromobacter mutant strains. Characteristic clear plaques are formed, at an e.o.p. 10(-1) to 10(-2), on already confluent bacterial lawns of the mutant strains. Phage growth is sensitive to aeration and growth only occurs under micro-aerophilic conditions. Lysates prepared on the mutant strains cannot transduce in contrast to transducing lysates prepared from wild type Achromobacter strains.
mesh_terms: D000332:Aerobiosis; D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000378:metabolism; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000254:growth & development*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009154:Mutation; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000096:biosynthesis; D014161:Transduction, Genetic
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D012329:RNA, Bacterial