BaciııııS anthracis maybe distinguished from the closely rclated
B. cereus by its susceptibility to a specific bacteriophage (Mc cloy,
1951)' The usual tecnique for testing a suspected strain with phage
eonsists in spotting the undiluted phage on a bacterial lawn on agar,
and observing for Iysis after ineubation overnight(McCloy, 1951,
Brown and Cherry, 1955). It seemed that identification could be
accelerated by applying the phage to the bactcrja at an earlier stage
of their growth and obscrving Iysis microscopicaııy. The cxperiments
reported by (P. Chadwick, 1959) Confirmed this prediction.
Primary Language | English |
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Subjects | Veterinary Surgery |
Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | January 1, 1968 |
Published in Issue | Year 1968 |