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SEVERAL examples of bacterial transformation have been reported since the discovery of the phenomenon by Griffith1. Among the properties found to be transformed, besides synthesis of the capsular polysaccharide antigens, are drug-resistance and enzymic capacities2. In work concerned with the host-specificity of a phage (S-a) attacking an amylase-forming bacterium, Bacillus subtilis var. amyloliquefacus 3, we have tried to transform a non-susceptible organism into a susceptible one. This communication describes the successful results of such an experiment.
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FUKUDA, S., TSUZUKI, K. Interspecific Induction of Transformation of Bacteria with Respect to Phage-susceptibility. Nature 190, 937–938 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/190937a0
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