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[Isolation and characterization of "Listeria monocytogenes" bacteriophages (author's transl)]. 1977

A Audurier, and J Rocourt, and A L Courtieu

Fifteen L. monocytogenes phages are isolated from lysogenic strains without induction and are selected for phage-typing. Four of these phages are produced by strains belonging to serotype 1/2a and 1/2b, eight by strains 4b and three other phages respectively by strains 4ab, 4g and 3c. Electron micrographs of 5 of these phages show isometric heads with non contractile tails. They belong to morphological group B of Bradley. Rabbits are immunized with 7 bacteriophages and all the phages are studied by neutralization tests with these 7 antisera. This study seems complex nevertheless it is possible to distinguish four antigenic groups: A, B, C, and D. The lytic spectrum of each phage is usually restricted to strains of the serotype from which that phage is obtained. It appears that a good correlation exists between phage sensitivity and serological type of the strains. With this first set of fifteen phages, 159 of 214 (74,3%) strains of L. monocytogenes can be classified in more than 21 types but it appears that some new phages obtained from strains of serotype 1/2 must be isolated in the future. Our data indicate that these phages can be used as a phage-typing scheme for L. monocytogenes.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008089	Listeria monocytogenes	A species of gram-positive, rod-shaped bacteria widely distributed in nature. It has been isolated from sewage, soil, silage, and from feces of healthy animals and man. Infection with this bacterium leads to encephalitis, meningitis, endocarditis, and abortion.
D008242	Lysogeny	The phenomenon by which a temperate phage incorporates itself into the DNA of a bacterial host, establishing a kind of symbiotic relation between PROPHAGE and bacterium which results in the perpetuation of the prophage in all the descendants of the bacterium. Upon induction (VIRUS ACTIVATION) by various agents, such as ultraviolet radiation, the phage is released, which then becomes virulent and lyses the bacterium.	Integration, Prophage,Prophage Integration,Integrations, Prophage,Prophage Integrations
D006358	Hot Temperature	Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm.	Heat,Hot Temperatures,Temperature, Hot,Temperatures, Hot
D000956	Antigens, Viral	Substances elaborated by viruses that have antigenic activity.	Viral Antigen,Viral Antigens,Antigen, Viral
D001434	Bacteriophage Typing	A technique of bacterial typing which differentiates between bacteria or strains of bacteria by their susceptibility to one or more bacteriophages.	Phage Typing,Typing, Bacteriophage,Typing, Phage
D001435	Bacteriophages	Viruses whose hosts are bacterial cells.	Phages,Bacteriophage,Phage
D013045	Species Specificity	The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species.	Species Specificities,Specificities, Species,Specificity, Species
D014779	Virus Replication	The process of intracellular viral multiplication, consisting of the synthesis of PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; and sometimes LIPIDS, and their assembly into a new infectious particle.	Viral Replication,Replication, Viral,Replication, Virus,Replications, Viral,Replications, Virus,Viral Replications,Virus Replications

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