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Absence of Immunity to Superinfection in Spheroplasts of a Lysogen

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Journal J Virol
Publisher American Society for Microbiology
Date 1970 Feb 1
PMID 4914629
Citations 2
Authors
M Chakravorty
M Levine
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Abstract

Penicillin-induced spheroplasts of Salmonella typhimurium strain LT2 lysogenic for bacteriophage P22, appear to lose immunity to superinfection by homologous phage.

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