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Abstract

A bacteriophage (IF3) capable of mediating generalized transduction in strain Db11 has been isolated and characterized. The genome of this strain has recently been sequenced and is likely to become the reference strain for researchers. IF3 is most likely a virulent phage, which can transduce markers at frequencies of 10 transductants per p.f.u. It has a lipopolysaccharide receptor and was determined to have a latent period of 50 min and a burst size of approximately 100 phages. The phage DNA was resistant to digestion with restriction enzymes. Electron microscopy showed IF3 to be a member of the family . This is the first report of a generalized transducing phage able to infect Db11 and this phage will be a valuable tool for functional genomic analysis of the pathogen host.

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