[Kinetics, mechanism and thermodynamics of cyanophage A-1 adsorption onto algal host cells].

It is found that adsorption kinetics of cyanophage A-1 on algae Anabaena variabilis cells is more complex than the reaction kinetics of the first order. An analysis of virus adsorption curves on cells and some other characteristics of this process have shown that virus A-1 is absorved on the algae-host cells according to adsorption concurrent model. Some thermodynamic characteristics of the process studied are calculated. Their values point to enzymatic character of the reaction of virus fastening to the algae.