Electron microscopic observations of bacteriophages

Part 1 Electron microscopic observations of Coli Phage

Abstract

Bacteriophages affecting Escherichia coli and Shigella were isolated from feces of the healthy chickens. The morphological relationship between Coli phages and their host cells was studied with electron microscope. The samples for electron microscopy were prepared by the use of Hillier's technique.
Many phages were observed in this experiment. Some of them were adsorbed on the infected cells, and some were liberated.
The techniques used gave little disturbances of the morphological relation between phages and their host cells.