Patel I R, Rao K K
Microbios. 1985;42(167):7-16.
A bacteriophage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 was characterized. Bacteriophage PIK was found to adsorb on the cell wall of the host organism. Electron microscopy of the phage PIK revealed that it had a bipyramidal hexagonal prismatic head of 110 nm in diameter, a tail which was 158 nm long and a tail plate of 47 nm width. This paper describes its basic characters, and a quantitative study was made of its adsorption to exponential phase cells of two different strains of P. aeruginosa. PIK was found to contain double stranded DNA and it appears to be virulent towards its host, P. aeruginosa PAO1. It was classified into the group of phages possessing a contractile tail.
对铜绿假单胞菌PAO1的一种噬菌体进行了表征。发现噬菌体PIK吸附在宿主生物体的细胞壁上。噬菌体PIK的电子显微镜观察显示，它有一个直径为110 nm的双金字塔六边形棱柱形头部、一条长158 nm的尾部和一个宽47 nm的尾板。本文描述了其基本特征，并对其吸附到两种不同铜绿假单胞菌菌株的指数期细胞进行了定量研究。发现PIK含有双链DNA，并且似乎对其宿主铜绿假单胞菌PAO1具有毒性。它被归类为具有收缩尾的噬菌体组。
