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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1991 November; 57(11): 3206-3211

Characterization of phiLC3, a Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris temperature bacteriophage with cohesive single-stranded DNA ends.

Laboratory of Microbial Gene Technology, Oslo, Norway.

ABSTRACT

The temperate bacteriophage phiLC3, isolated from Lactococcus lactis subsp. cremoris, has an isometric head and a flexible tail containing 1 major protein and 8 minor proteins. Infection of a permissive L. lactis host strain yields a burst of about 50 phages per infected cell with a latent period of 60 min. A detailed restriction map of the phage chromosome was constructed by using 12 different restriction enzymes. The phage chromosome is a 33-kb linear double-stranded DNA molecule with unique cohesive ends and with a G + C content of 36.5%. Chemical sequencing of the DNA ends revealed 13-base 3' extended complementary single strands with a relatively high percentage of G + C. Pulsed-field gel electrophoretic analysis of DNA from a strain lysogenized with phiLC3 was used to localize the prophage to a 320-kb BamHI restriction endonuclease fragment from the host chromosomal DNA. This result indicates that lysogeny involves integration of the phage into the host chromosome. A spontaneous phiLC3 clear plaque mutant that was unable to give rise to lysogens was isolated.

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