Multiplicity reactivation as a test for recombination function.
Multiplicity reactivation of bacteriophage inactivated by ultraviolet light is dependent on the recombination function of either the host bacterial cell or the infecting bacteriophage. Absence of both recombination systems leads to a loss of multiplicity reactivation.
D003090:Coliphages / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004926:Escherichia coli; D005827:Genetics, Microbial; D011831:Radiation Genetics; D011995:Recombination, Genetic; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays