%0 Journal Article %A Klaus, S. %A Krügel, H. %A Süss, F. %A Neigenfind, M. %A Zimmermann, I. %A Taubeneck, U. %T Properties of the Temperate Actinophage SH10 %D 1981 %J Microbiology, %V 123 %N 2 %P 269-279 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-123-2-269 %I Microbiology Society, %X The temperate actinophage SH10 has a wide host-range. In size and morphology it is similar to phage λ. It has a latent period of 40 to 50 min. The average burst size depends on the host strain and varies between 60 and 100 at 28°C. At 37°C the burst size is diminished by a factor of ten. The adsorption constant varies between 1·55 × 10−9 and 8·8 × 10−10 ml min−1 depending on the host strain. After mutagenesis by combined u.v.- and X-irradiation, clear and virulent mutants of SH10 were isolated. In addition, thermosensitive mutants of SH10 were obtained which fall into three complementation groups. The thermosensitive character was host-dependent. Phage SH10 is sensitive to sodium pyrophosphate and viable deletion mutants were isolated by virtue of their increased pyrophosphate resistance. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-123-2-269