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Journal of Bacteriology, September 2002, p. 4933-4935, Vol. 184, No. 17
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.17.4933-4935.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Filamentous Bacteriophages of Vibrios Are Integrated into the dif-Like Site of the Host Chromosome

Tetsuya Iida,1* Kozo Makino,2 Hatsumi Nasu,1 Katsushi Yokoyama,2 Kenichi Tagomori,1 Akiko Hattori,1 Toshihiro Okuno,1 Hideo Shinagawa,2 and Takeshi Honda1

Departments of Bacterial Infections,1 Molecular Microbiology, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan2

Received 17 April 2002/ Accepted 3 June 2002

The dif site is located in the replication terminus region of bacterial chromosomes, having a function of resolving dimeric chromosomes formed during replication. We demonstrate that filamentous bacteriophages of vibrios, such as f237 (Vibrio parahaemolyticus) and CTX{phi} (V. cholerae), are integrated into the dif-like site of host chromosome.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Bacterial Infections, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, 3-1 Yamadaoka, Suita, Osaka 565-0871, Japan. Phone: 81-6-6879-8278. Fax: 81-6-6879-8277. E-mail: iida{at}biken.osaka-u.ac.jp.

Journal of Bacteriology, September 2002, p. 4933-4935, Vol. 184, No. 17
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.17.4933-4935.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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