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SEVERAL mutations of temperate bacteriophages are known which can be carried by the prophage of the lysogenic cell but bring about almost complete failure to release infectious particles when the cells are exposed to radiation1–4. One such group is known to be transmissible through all parts of the life-cycle including extracellular phage2; among these are the defects i1 and i2 of the bacteriophage lambdacarried by Escherichia coli K12.
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APPLEYARD, R., WHITFIELD, J. Hereditary Defects of Temperate Bacteriophage. Nature 178, 1235–1236 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/1781235a0
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