@article{mbs:/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-66-12-2737, author = "Powell, Ian B. and Davidson, Barrie E.", title = "Characterization of Streptococcal Bacteriophage c6A", journal= "Journal of General Virology", year = "1985", volume = "66", number = "12", pages = "2737-2741", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-66-12-2737", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-66-12-2737", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2099", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "Streptococcus lactis", keywords = "phage c6A", abstract = "SUMMARY Bacteriophage c6A is a lytic phage that infects strains of Streptococcus lactis. Infection of S. lactis C6 under standard conditions yielded 124 ± 8 p.f.u. per infected cell after a latent period of 25 min at 30 °C. The virion of c6A was shown to contain at least 12 polypeptides and a 21.9 kilobase double-stranded, linear DNA genome with complementary 5′-protruding single-stranded termini. The (G + C) content of this DNA was estimated to be 36.7%. A restriction map was constructed which indicates that a number of restriction endonucleases did not digest the DNA and that others cleaved with a much lower frequency than expected.", }