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HER Number
276
Identification
Name
Morphotype
G
A1 (Myophage)
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Donellivirus
Donellivirus gee
Other designations
Electron Micrograph
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 100 nm
Staining: UA
Restriction profile
Characteristics
Complete genome sequence
Veiled plaques of 1 mm.
Largest phage known.
Unique morphology (spring-like spiral around sheath).
Genome of 750 kb, DNA glucosylated.
Oui
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/NC_023719.1
Propagation conditions
Host strain HER
1276
Temp.
Medium
Aerobic/Anaerobic
Agitation
Others
30ºC
TSA
Mn++ and Mg++
Original reference
Donelli, G., F. Guglielmi, and L. Paoletti. 1972. Structure and physico-chemical properties of bacteriophage G. I. Arrangement of protein subunits and contraction process of tail sheath. J. Mol. Biol. 71: 113-125.
Ageno, M., G. Donelli, and F. Guglielmi. 1973. Structure and physico-chemical properties of bacteriophage G. II. The shape and symetry of the capsid. Micron 4: 376-403.
Remarks
Also held in the ATCC collection : no. 43725-B1.
Does not resist lyophilization.
History
Received from
Date
Prof. Walton L. Fangman
Department of Genetics, SK 50
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195, USA
16-01-1987
Isolé par
Date
G. Donelli
Physics Laboratory
Istituto Superiore de Sanit�, Rome
Italy
1968
Received from
Date
Prof. Gianfranco Donelli
Laboratorio di Ultrastructura
Istituto Superiore di Sanit�
Viale Regina Elena, 299
00161 Roma, Italy
Before 1978
Original source
Lysate of
B. megaterium
phage a
Last update
2024-01-19
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