| bacteriophage hp2 of haemophilus influenzae. | temperate bacteriophages effect chromosomal evolution of their bacterial hosts, mediating rearrangements and the acquisition of novel genes from other taxa. although the haemophilus influenzae genome shows evidence of past phage-mediated lateral transfer, the phages presumed responsible have not been identified. to date, six different h. influenzae phages are known; of these, only the hp1/s2 group, which lyosogenizes exclusively rd strains (which were originally encapsulated serotype d), is well ... | 2002 | 12446640 |