THE REVERSIBLE INACTIVATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE BY BICHLORIDE OF MERCURY.
1. The complete inactivation of antistaphylococcal phage by HgCl(2) (2.8 per cent for 216 hours) can be reversed by precipitation of Hg(++) with restoration of the phage to its original titre. 2. This behavior seems more compatible with the known properties of certain enzymes than with those of living protoplasm.
Krueger
A P
AP
Department of Bacteriology, University of California, Berkeley.
Baldwin
D M
DM