T phage?

[Jarmo Niemi]

In <748634947snz at genesys.demon.co.uk> Duncan at genesys.demon.co.uk writes:
> In article <27l3u6$l7 at usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ram3 at po.CWRU.Edu writes:
> 
> >The story that I was told was that a researcher once requested some T1 and
> >received a letter, politely refusing the request.  However, the recipient
> >was easily able to elute some phage from the envelope (or stationery).  Can
> >anyone fill in the details?
> >
> >Russ Maurer
> >
> I heard a similar story but it referred to a lambda clone! 
> 
> Duncan 

And over there, in the FAQ file of alt.folklore.urban it is a M13...

Jarmo Niemi   Biochemistry, University of Turku, Finland, janiemi at finabo.abo.fi

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