Characterization of phages derived from strains of Rhodococcus australis and R. equii.
Rhodococcus australis strain CSIR-A201 and R. equii strain CSIR-A655 spontaneously liberated phages A and B, respectively. The phages have different host ranges, but both infect R. rubropertinctus ATCC 14352. phage infection of strains resulted in stable lysogeny. The phages have similar morphologies and belong to the family Styloviridae. The DNA restriction enzyme patterns of the phages differ and do not correspond to those of actinophage phi EC. These temperate phages did not transduce prototrophic or antibiotic resistance markers to appropriate hosts.
D000192:Actinomycetales; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008242:Lysogeny; D014161:Transduction, Genetic