Production of tubules and bacteriophage-like particles in mycobacteria after bacitracin treatment.
Bacitracin-treated mycobacteria liberated tubules and phagelike particles which had no biological activity against selected species. These structures may reflect a state of defective lysogeny.
D001414:Bacitracin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D001430:Bacteriocins / Q000494:pharmacology; D003673:Defective Viruses; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009160:Mycobacteriophages; D009161:Mycobacterium / Q000187:drug effects*
D001430:Bacteriocins; D001414:Bacitracin