Lysis From Without

Abedon, Stephen T.

doi:10.5281/zenodo.20173633

Lysis From Without: Cell-wall destruction initiated by multiple phage adsorption to individual bacteria.

Discussion

<p>This is the definition from Adams (1959), p. 440), "Abortive infection accompanied by prompt lysis of a cell, typically following excessive multiple infection."

Consistent with this idea that lysis from without is a form of abortive infection, a number of authors have speculated that they may be observing lysis from without but with this term seemingly defined solely as bacterial death attained following presumptively high multiplicity phage adsorption, that is, without emphasizing that bacterial lysis must also occur. Lysis profile wikipedia.org/wiki/Experiment" target="_blank" class="bap-term">experiments or other means of detecting lysis can and should be used in such cases to confirm that lysis, in fact, can occur following high multiplicity adsorption by a given phage isolate to a given bacterial strain.

References: Abedon (1994) and nih.gov/pubmed/21687534" target="_blank" class="bap-term">Abedon (2011).

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Abedon (2011)
Adams (1959). Bacteriophages. Interscience Publishers, New York.
Abedon (1994).

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Abedon, S.T. (2026). Phage Terms. https://terms.phage.org · 10.5281/zenodo.20173633

[1] Abedon (2011)

[2] Adams (1959). Bacteriophages. Interscience Publishers, New York.

[3] Abedon (1994).

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