Intracellular parasitism of chlamydiae: Specific infectivity of chlamydiaphage Chp2 in Chlamydophila abortus

R. J. Skilton; L. T. Cutcliffe; M. A. Pickett; P. R. Lambden; B. A. Fane; I. N. Clarke

doi:10.1128/JB.00235-07

Intracellular parasitism of chlamydiae: Specific infectivity of chlamydiaphage Chp2 in Chlamydophila abortus

R. J. Skilton, L. T. Cutcliffe, M. A. Pickett, P. R. Lambden, B. A. Fane, I. N. Clarke

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The obligate intracellular nature of chlamydiae presents challenges to the characterization of its phages, which are potential tools for a genetic transfer system. An assay for phage infectivity is described, and the infectious properties of phage Chp2 were determined.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4957-4959
Number of pages	3
Journal	Journal of bacteriology
Volume	189
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1128/JB.00235-07
State	Published - Jul 2007

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