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Journal of Bacteriology, July 2007, p. 4957-4959, Vol. 189, No. 13
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00235-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Intracellular Parasitism of Chlamydiae: Specific Infectivity of Chlamydiaphage Chp2 in Chlamydophila abortus{triangledown}

R. J. Skilton,1 L. T. Cutcliffe,1 M. A. Pickett,1 P. R. Lambden,1 B. A. Fane,1,2* and I. N. Clarke1

Molecular Microbiology Group, University Medical School, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, United Kingdom,1 Department of Veterinary Sciences and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona2

Received 12 February 2007/ Accepted 20 April 2007

The obligate intracellular nature of chlamydiae presents challenges to the characterization of its phages, which are potential tools for a genetic transfer system. An assay for phage infectivity is described, and the infectious properties of phage Chp2 were determined.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Veterinary Sciences and Microbiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Phone: (520) 626-6634. Fax: (520) 621-6636. E-mail: bfane{at}u.arizona.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 27 April 2007.

Journal of Bacteriology, July 2007, p. 4957-4959, Vol. 189, No. 13
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00235-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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