title: [The lytic activity of Yersinia pestis phage P 3d serovar].
abstract: The lytic activity of plague phage II, serovar 3, with respect to 1,800 bacterial strains has been studied: 760 Yersinia pestis strains, 262 Y. pseudotuberculosis strains, 252 Y. enterocolitica strains, 166 Escherichia coli strains, 90 Shigella strains and 270 strains of other species. The phage has been found to lyse 81.8% of Y. pestis strains, 1 Y. pseudotuberculosis strain and 1 Y. enterocolitica strain. The representatives of other 19 bacterial species have proved to be resistant to the phage. Though having a wide range of action within Y. pestis, the phage does not lyse most of the strains of the causative agent of plague, isolated in certain natural foci. This fact offers promise for using the phage for the differentiation of Y. pestis.
authors.forename: N N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Novosel'tsev
authors.forename: V I
authors.initials: VI
authors.lastname: Marchenkov
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kravchenko
authors.forename: V E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Valentsev
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Tinker
mesh_terms: D001433:Bacteriolysis; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000145:classification / Q000472:pathogenicity*; D008242:Lysogeny; D013045:Species Specificity; D015010:Yersinia pestis
vernacular_title: Liticheskaia aktivnost' faga Yersinia pestis P 3-go serovara.