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Osmotic injury in rapidly thawed T4 bacteriophage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 October 2009

P. R. M. Steele
P. R. M. Steele
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University Department of Pathology, Cambridge, England
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Osmotic injury in frozen-thawed T4 phage was caused by the sudden and large fall in the electrolyte concentration of the unfrozen aqueous phase during rapid thawing of frozen samples. In accordance with the classical interpretation of osmotic shock it was found that DNA was quantitatively liberated from T4 phage inactivated by the osmotic injury of rapid thawing.

The degree of inactivation of osmotically shocked T4 phage was temperature dependent, being much increased by lowering the temperature, but was independant of the pH of the suspending medium. The T4Bo osmotic shock-resistant phago was refractory to the osmotic injury of rapid thawing.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 70 , Issue 3 , September 1972 , pp. 459 - 464
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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