Structure of native and chloroform-methanol-treated mycobacteriophage R1.
AUTOR(ES)
Fay, D
RESUMO
The morphologies of native and chloroform-methanol-treated mycobacteriophage R1 were compared by electron microscopy, utilizing three negative stains. R1 was determined to be a complex phage. The head appears as an elongated cylinder with a pointed end (93 +/- 3 by 42 +/- 3 nm) constructed from an orderly arrangement of capsomeres. The phage tail measures 209 +/- 11 by 11 +/- 1 nm and possesses a striated surface with two base plates at its distal end. Treatment of R1 with chloroform-methanol resulted in disruption of both the head and tail structures and was accompanied by loss of infectivity. However, because no likely lipid-containing structure was observed in native phages, there is the possibility that the mechanism of chloroform-methanol inactivation is something other than lipid extraction.
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