RT Journal
T1 BActeriophages
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1959
FD July 25
VO 170
IS 13
SP 1610
OP 1610
DO 10.1001/jama.1959.03010130114032
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1959.03010130114032
AB This book should be welcomed by all whose attempts to keep pace with the rapid developments in modern bacteriophage research have been frustrated by an overwhelming array of special articles and reviews. This is the first attempt in over 30 years to bring the knowledge of bacterial viruses under one cover. The book was essentially completed by the author before his untimely death. Its eventual posthumous publication was made possible through the cooperation of a number of specialists who helped to edit the completed chapters and finish the uncompleted ones. The result is a well-written book. With remarkable ease of presentation and readability, a complete perspective of the field is unfolded. The bacterial viruses are first considered as organisms; their chemical, morphologic, and antigenic properties and how they are affected by physical and chemical agents is described. Then follows a detailed account of various phenomena which result from the interaction