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THE appearance of a communication on clear-plaque mutation in the type-determining phages of Salmonella typhi 1 prompts me to publish a brief account of observations which commenced in 1953 and on which work is still in progress. With the exception of phage d1, clear-plaque mutants of all the phages described by Read and Ferguson were isolated in this Laboratory some years ago.
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Read, K. S., and Ferguson, W. W., J. Bact., 78, 295 (1959).
Felix, A., and Anderson, E. S., Nature, 167, 603 (1951).
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Anderson, E. S., and Fraser, A., J. Gen. Microbiol., 13, 519 (1955).
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ANDERSON, E. Mutation in the Type-determining Phages of Salmonella typhi . Nature 184, 1822–1823 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/1841822a0
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