[Isolation and analysis of phage-resistant Pseudomonas putida mutants using new bacteriophages]

Three new bacteriophages of Pseudomonas putida PpG1 have been isolated. Bacteriophages differ in many characteristics and are unrelated. Phage-resistant mutants of Pseudomonas putida PpG1 are selected using these phages and pf16 bacteriophage. No lysogenic variants were detected among these mutants. They have been distributed in seven groups according to their resistance to bacteriophages. The resistance to PMW phage was caused by at least two different mutations. Some of the phage-resistant mutants seem to cause the killing effect on Pseudomonas putida PpG1 cells.