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Comparison of Bacillus cereus Bacteriophages CP-51 and CP-53 ¹

^a Department of Microbiology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002

ABSTRACT

Transducing bacteriophages CP-51 and CP-53 were compared. Unlike CP-51, CP-53 appeared to be a lysogenizing phage. CP-51 gave greater frequencies of co-transduction for linked markers than did CP-53. CP-51 was found to be a larger phage which carried more deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) than CP-53. CP-51 DNA contained about 43% guanine plus cytosine and in addition contained 5-hydroxymethyluracil in place of thymine. CP-53 DNA contained no unusual bases; its guanine plus cytosine content was 37%.

² Present address: Department of Cell Biology and Pharmacology, University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Md. 21201.

¹ This paper was taken in part from a dissertation submitted by D. B. Yelton in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Ph.D. degree at the University of Massachusetts.