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Figure 76. Phage particles adsorbed on the .surface of a germinating streptomyces spore (Repro- 

 duced from: Mach. F. Centr. Bakteriol. Parasitenk. Abt. II, 111: 555, 1958). 



Table 44 



Phage inuUiplication in cultures of actinomyceies and its effect upon the production 

 of antibiotics (Reilly, Harris, and Waksman) 



Organism 



S. griseus 4 . 

 S. griseus 4. 

 S. griseus 4. 

 S. griseus 4. 



S. griseus 3478. 

 S. griseus 3478. 



S. bikiniensis . . 

 S. bikiniensis . . 



S. lavendulae . 

 S. lavendulae 



N. 

 N. 



asteroides . 

 asteroides . 



Total incubation, days 



I 



* 7 X 10' phage particles added per ml of culture, 

 t No phage was added to control cultures. 



