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JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY
Volume 185, Issue 21, Pages 6490-6492Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.21.6490-6492.2003
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- Wellcome Trust Funding Source: Medline
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The host range of phiCPAR39 is limited to four Chlamydophila species: C. abortus, C. caviae, C. pecorum, and C. pneumoniae. Chp3 (a newly discovered bacteriophage isolated from C. pecorum) shares three of these hosts (C. abortus, C. caviae, and C. pecorum) but can additionally infect Chlamydophila felis. The ability to support replication was directly correlated with the binding properties of the respective bacteriophages with their host species. Binding studies also show that phiCPAR39 and Chp3 use different host receptors to infect the same host cells: cell binding is sensitive to proteinase K treatment, confirming that the chlamydiaphage receptors are proteinaceous in nature.
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