title: Diel infection of a cyanobacterium by a contractile bacteriophage.
abstract: Light was found to strongly influence the infection of a freshwater cyanobacterium (Synechococcus elongatus PCC 7942) by a contractile DNA phage named AS-1. Phage progeny production was correlated with the amount of light in the laboratory and occurred in a diel pattern under natural light. At least one effect of light on AS-1 infection is at the level of adsorption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA. ckao@tamu.edu
authors.forename: C Cheng
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Green
authors.forename: Barry
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Susan S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Golden
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000502:physiology*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003624:Darkness; D008027:Light; D046940:Synechococcus / Q000254:growth & development / Q000821:virology*