Experiments were performed to determine whether or not any antigenic change occurred in combinations of a lysogenic system of type IIa and IIb and group III phages and the strains of standard and variant types of Salmonella pullorum, a lytic system of type Ia phages and the strains of standard type, and one of group IV phages and the strains of intermediate type. The results obtained are summarized as follows. The variant type was found to become receptive to the group II and III phages, which had been obtained from the strains of intermediate type. It was also found to become lysogenized. Consequently, the antigens of some strains of variant type varied from 12
2++12
3±to 12
2++12
3++. It is concluded that the phage of Salmonella pullorum, as well as that of some other organisms, may be sufficiently available to studies on the typing, epizootiology, and genetics of Salmonella pullorum. The author wishes to express his cordial gratitude to Professor K. ITAGAKI, head of the department to which he belongs, for the direction and review of this manuscript. He is indebted to the late Professor K. HIRATO, of Hokkaido University, and Dr. K. ISHII, assistant professor of this department, for valuable advice and encouragement. He would like to thank Professor S. MIURA, of Hokkaido University, for helpful advice aud supply of the strains of S. pullorum used, and professor S. HAMADA, of Hokkaido University, for helpful advice.
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