Attachment of a long-tailed Rhizobium bacteriophage to the pili of its host.
Bacterial strain 16-12 was isolated from the root nodules of lupines and was found to be mitomycin C-inducible for the production of a bacteriophage ("16-12-1") with a long noncontractile tail. The phage was found to attach with a fork-like terminal tail structure to the pili of strain 16-12. In addition, it was also found adsorbed to the bacterial cell poles. It is suggested that phage 16-12-1 may be pilus dependent.
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Institut für Mikrobiologie, Universität Erlangen, D-852 Erlangen, West Germany.
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