Abstract
Doses of 0.1 to 1.0 micrograms/ml of mitomycin C induced cell lysis of six of eight strains of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans tested. Infectious phages were induced from ATCC strains 43717, 29524, 33384, and 43719; non-plaque-forming, possibly defective phages were induced from ATCC strains 29522 and 29523. No phages were detected in strain FDC 651 or ATCC strain 43718. No correlation between lysogeny and leukotoxin production or serotype of the strains could be established. Gel electrophoresis of phage DNAs indicated that the induced phages were of three types, based on size. By electron microscopy, the phages were found to belong to either morphotype A1 or morphotype B1; no other morphotypes were observed. Curing experiments led to the isolation of nonlysogenic derivatives of two strains, which supported plaque formation by the phages they originally carried. On the basis of our results, lysogeny appears to be widespread in A. actinomycetemcomitans.
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