[Bacteriocin-bacteriophage interrelations].

The present paper refers to levels of morphological, serological and genetic similarity in bacteriocinogenic-lysogenic interrelationships, the similarity of the means of inducing bacteriocinogenic and lysogenic properties and the similarity of adsorption on specific cellular receptors. Nevertheless, bacteriocins and bacteriophages are still considered as agents of a different nature. Bacteriocins, with their varied chemical structure, are inert, whereas phages are complex chemical units with a nucleic acid nucleus and the capacity of self replication.