A Bacteriophage Infecting a Thermophilic Bacterium

ISOLATION AND PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE Φμ-4

“…Although several reports have been published on lytic phage-cell systems in thermophiles (White, Georgi, and Militzer, 1955;Hirano, 1961;Onodera, 1961), no attempt has been made to determine the presence of temperate phage in thermophilic microorganisms.…”

Production and Purification of the Thermophilic Bacteriophage TP-84

“…Like the mesophilic phages, the thermophilic ones can be subdivided into two main groups: (i) virulent thermophilic phages (2-7, 10,12,13,16,18,19,27,28) and (ii) temperate phages (7, 17, 20-23, 25, 26). Unique in their extreme thermal stability (6,10,12,13,16,19,20,25,27,28), the thermophilic phages have attracted the attention of many investigators. Our interest in the thermophilic phage TP-84 derives from the assumption that thermophilic phages may represent the simplest form of thermophilic organisms and thus the mechanism(s) for their remarkable thermostability might be easier to elucidate.…”