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Infect Immun. 1971 July; 4(1): 85-87
Copyright © 1971 American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Characteristics of a Bacteriophage-Infected Strain of Pasteurella pestis Isolated from a Human Case of Plague ¹

Microbiology Division, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, Frederick, Maryland 21701
Division of Communicable Diseases and Immunology, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C. 20012

ABSTRACT

A pseudolysogenic strain of Pasteurella pestis was isolated from a human in Vietnam. The culture contained a stable mixture of bacteriophage and phage-sensitive and phage-resistant P. pestis.

¹ A portion of this work will be included in a dissertation to be presented by D. C. Cavanaugh to the Graduate Faculty of the Microbiology Department, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. 20742.

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