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SUBMITTER: Swift BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4153674 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Swift Benjamin M C BM Gerrard Zara E ZE Huxley Jonathan N JN Rees Catherine E D CE
PloS one 20140903 9
Bacteriophages D29 and TM4 are able to infect a wide range of mycobacteria, including pathogenic and non-pathogenic species. Successful phage infection of both fast- and slow-growing mycobacteria can be rapidly detected using the phage amplification assay. Using this method, the effect of oxygen limitation during culture of mycobacteria on the success of phage infection was studied. Both D29 and TM4 were able to infect cultures of M. smegmatis and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis ...[more]