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Thirty-eight strains ofDeleya halophila species were examined for production of phage after mitomycin C induction. Thirty-two of them were able to inhibit growth of some other strains. Phage F9-11, isolated fromD. halophila strain F9-11, showed an isometric head and a noncontractile tail. The effects of salt concentrations variation on the stability and replication of this phage were established. Its replication was possible at a wide range of marine salt concentrations, from 2.5% to 15% (wt/vol). Stability seems to be influenced by osmolarity of medium rather than by NaCl level. The euryhaline character showed by F9-11 phage is evoked as an important factor for the survival of this phage in its environment.
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Calvo, C., García de la Paz, A., Bejar, V. et al. Isolation and characterization of phage F9-11 from a lysogenicDeleya halophila strain. Current Microbiology 17, 49–53 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01568819
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