• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.19 no.2
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• pp.147-152
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• 1991

In order to study effect of the phage ${\phi}$ FSV on the growth of lactic acid bacteria, Lactobacillus casei YIT 9018(wild type strain with prophage) or L. casei HYM 1213 (prophage cured strain) was infected with various concentrations of phage ${\phi}$ FSV (called Lac S21) or wild type virulent phage (called Lac J-1). When L. casei YIT 9018 was infected with Lac S21 under the concentration of $6.0{\times}10^6$ pfu/ml, the growth and lactic acid production of the strain were normal and the number of phages decreased. But L. casei HYM 1213 was susceptible to Lac S21. Regardless of the concentration of the phage infection, the number of phages increased rapidly into $10^9$ to $10^{10}$ pfu/ml at 2 day cultures and was maintained $10^7$ to $10^9$pfu/ml phage until 6 day cultures. The lactic acid production of L. casei HYM 1213 infected with Lac S21 was abnormal. Therefore, phage ${\phi}$ FSV had an evil effect on growth of L. casei HYM 1213, but not L. casei YIT 9018. On the other hand Lac J-1 caused abnormal fermentation to either L. casei YIT 9018 or L. casei HYM 1213.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.18 no.3
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• pp.215-220
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• 1990

Prophage cured strain derivatives from Luctobacillirs araei YIT 9018 were isolated from thermoinducible mutant of the parent lysogenic strain. Two thermoinducible mutants were isolated from L. casei YIT 9018 strain treated with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine. Prophage cured strains were selected after heat induction of thermoinducible strains at $42^{\circ}C$ for 30 min in MRT medium containing anti- 4 FSV serum. The prophage cured strains, L. casei HYM 1213 and L. casei HYM 4024, could be used an indicator strain for temperate phage $\phi$ FSW. The growth, lactic acid producing ability and carbohydrates fermentation of L. casei HYM 1213 were similar to the parent L. cmei YIT 9018 strain, but A. casei HYM 4024 was not. One of the prophage cured strain, L. cmei HYM 1213, could be used industrially .to produce lactic acid beverages because this strah could not induce the virulent phage$\phi$FSV. The physiological characterization of L. casei HYM 1213 strain was similar to the parent L. casei YIT 9018 strain.