title: Growth of bacteriophage H on male and female strains of Escherichia coli.
abstract: Phage H propagated on Yersinia pestis was reported by Molnar and Lawton to be rapidly adsorbed to female but not to male strains of Escherichia coli. In contrast, we find phage H adsorbs to all E. coli strains tested (both male and female) and forms plaques on a wide variety of male strains. Phage H appears to be related to the T3-T7 group of coliphages.
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000254:growth & development*; D003090:Coliphages / Q000254:growth & development; D003470:Culture Media; D004267:DNA Viruses / Q000254:growth & development*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000254:growth & development; D008242:Lysogeny; D014776:Virus Cultivation; D014779:Virus Replication; D015010:Yersinia pestis
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial