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Properties of Corynebacterium acnes Bacteriophage and Description of an Interference Phenomenon

¹ Microbiology Service, Clinical Pathology Department, Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20014

ABSTRACT

Nine virulent bacteriophages of the anaerobe Corynebacterium (Propionibacterium) acnes, the P-a series, are DNA phages, with long, curved nonretractile tails (130 nm) without tail plates or fibers. They have isometric heads (420 by 460 nm), and are placed in Bradley's group B-1. There is permanent plaque suppression at highest phage concentrations. After 100- to 1,000-fold dilution, plaques are evident. The latent period is 1 h and burst size 25. Cross-neutralization data of antisera for the nine phages are similar. There is an unexplained precipitous drop in plaque-forming units during the first 5 min of neutralization, after which the rate is linear for 2 h. They are sensitive to pH extremes but are partially protected even at pH 4 or 9 by storage at 4 C. They are resistant to ether and chloroform and are inactivated within 10 min at 70 C.

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