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  • Title: Characterization of temperate actinophage phi C31 isolated from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).
    Author: Lomovskaya ND, Mkrtumian NM, Gostimskaya NL, Danilenko VN.
    Journal: J Virol; 1972 Feb; 9(2):258-62. PubMed ID: 5014931.
    Abstract:
    Actinophage phiC31 isolated from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2), the only strain among actinomycetes for which a genetic map had been constructed, appears to be a typical temperate phage. After phiC31 infection, true lysogenic cultures arose which liberated phage and were immune to infection with homologous phage after repeated single-colony isolations and treatment with phage-specific antiserum. Clear-plaque (c) mutants were derived from phiC31 phage which failed to lysogenize sensitive cultures. Actinophage phiC31 has a temperature-sensitive stage of reproduction. A phage which reproduces with the same effectiveness at high (37 C) and low (28 C) temperatures has also been obtained. Heat-inducible (ct) mutants were isolated from this phage which were able to lysogenize sensitive cultures at 28 C but failed to do so at 37 C. Properties of ct mutants suggest that ct mutations involve a gene controlling maintenance of the lysogenic state in actinomycetes and synthesizing repressor, which may become heat-sensitive as a result of mutation.
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