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The LE1 Bacteriophage Replicates as a Plasmid within Leptospira biflexa : Construction of an L. biflexa-Escherichia coli Shuttle Vector
15 Oct 2000
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We have discovered that LE1, one of the plaque-forming phages previously described as lytic for the Leptospira biflexa saprophytic spirochete (I. Saint Girons, D. Margarita, P. Amouriaux, and G. Baranton, Res. Microbiol. 141:1131-1138, 1990), was indeed temperate. LE1 was found to be unusual, as Southern blot analysis indicated that it is one of the few phages to replicate in the prophage state as a circular...
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