Bacteriophage, a process for the isolation thereof, and a universal growth medium useful in the process thereof
AssigneeCouncil of Scientific and Industrial Research
InventorsPushpa Agrawal, Vishal Soni
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Abstract
The present invention provides a isolated bacteriophage useful as a tool for studying biological, biochemical, physiological and genetic properties of actinomycetes and other organisms which comprises a novel strain of Saccharomonospora having certain specified characteristics. The invention also relates to a process for the isolation of the said bacteriophage and/or DNA phage and to a novel universal growth medium which is particularly useful in the said process. Another embodiment of the process relates to a clonong vector which comprises a plasmid or bacteriophage comprising the phage DNA of the invention.
Claims8
A process to generate one or more mutations in a microorganism, wherein a bacteriophage having a double-stranded DNA genome of about 90 kilobase pairs with a (G+C) content of 69-71 mole percent, which infects the same range of species of bacteria as phase PIS 136, is used as a transposon in the generation of one or more mutations in the microorganism.
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