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Phage conversion in Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis: implications for epidemiology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

S. Rankin  and
D. J. Platt
S. Rankin
Affiliation:
Scottish Salmonella Reference Laboratory, Stobhill NHS Trust, 133 Balornock Road, Glasgow G21 3UW
D. J. Platt*
Affiliation:
University Department of Bacteriology, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Castle Street, Glasgow G4 0SF
*
* Corresponding author.
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A model system for the study of phage conversion of Salmonella enterica serotype Enteritidis is reported. Temperate phages 1,2,3 and 6 from the phage typing scheme were used to convert several individually recognized phage types into others. Phage type 4 was converted to PT8, PT6a to PT4, PT6a to PT7, PT13 to PT13a and PT15 to PT11; some new phage lysis patterns were also detected.

This model was used to examine the relationships between phage types within a previously denned clonal lineage, SECLIII, to establish whether or not Enteritidis like Salmonella enterica serotype Typhi and Salmonella enterica serotype Paratyphi B possessed type determining phages. We were able to convert PT1 to PT20, and PT15 to PT11.

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Research Article
Information
Epidemiology & Infection , Volume 114 , Issue 2 , April 1995 , pp. 227 - 236
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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