@article{oai:ir.kagoshima-u.ac.jp:00004729, author = {HIDAKA, Tomio}, journal = {鹿児島大学水産学部紀要=Memoirs of Faculty of Fisheries Kagoshima University}, month = {2016-10-28}, note = {During the cruise for the marine ecological survey in the southwestern part of Pacific Ocean, 47 of sea water samples were obtained from various depth layers at 13 stations between Kagoshima and Guam via Palau. A total of 576 cultures of bacteria isolated from the sea water samples, of which 72 cultures were sensitive to the bacteriophage lysates enriched from the sea water. It is found that the bacteriophages are not present in high concentrations in the ocean, or occur only sporadically in water layers, from surface to 50 m depth, harboring large bacterial population. The host bacteria of the isolated marine bacteriophage systems belong to Pseudomonus (2 strains), Vibrio (3 strains), Photobacterium (1 strain), and Lucibacterium (1 strain). These bacteriophage systems form clear or turbid plaque of about 1-2 mm in diameter. The all of them are virulent phage systems.}, pages = {55--62}, title = {Detection and Isolation of Marine Bacteriophage Systems in the Southwestern Part of the Pacific Ocean}, volume = {26}, year = {} }