title: Ecophysiology of Bacteriophage S5100 Infecting Halobacterium cutirubrum.
abstract: Increasing salinity reduces burst size and increases the latent period of infection of Halobacterium cutirubrum by lytic bacteriophage S5100. Cells become reversibly and persistently infected at saturation-level concentrations of NaCl. We propose that high salinity provides a natural refuge for sensitive host bacteria and that phage S5100 acts as a scavenger, proliferating when host viability is threatened by dilution of the environment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
authors.forename: L L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Daniels
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Wais