HER 154
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Name
XP12
Morphotype
B2 (Siphophage)
Family
?1
Other designations
Xp12, XP-12
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UAB
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UAB
Characteristics
Plaques: 2mm, clear.
Smaller plaques when cultivated without thymidine
Read after 24- 48 hrs.
Thymidine (5 mg/ml) needed in medium.
5-methylcytosine completely replaces cytosine.
Smaller plaques when cultivated without thymidine
Read after 24- 48 hrs.
Thymidine (5 mg/ml) needed in medium.
5-methylcytosine completely replaces cytosine.
Genomic sequence
No
Bacterial hosts
HER
Reference
Kuo, T. , T. Huang, and M. Teng. 1968. 5-methylcytosine replacing cytosine in the deoxyribonucleic acid of a bacteriophage for *Xanthomonas oryzae*. J. Mol. Biol. 34:373-375.
Remarks
Instructions for phage propagation and media composition are available upon request.
THIS PHAGE IS NOT AVILABLE FOR THIS MOMENT
THIS PHAGE IS NOT AVILABLE FOR THIS MOMENT
History
Received from
Date
Dr T. T. kuo,
Institute of Botany,
Academia Sinica,
Taiwan,
Republica of China.
Institute of Botany,
Academia Sinica,
Taiwan,
Republica of China.
Received from
Date
Dr Mélanie Ehrlich,
Department of Biochemistry,
Tulane University School of Medecine,
1430 Tulane Avenue,
New Orleans, LA, 70112,
USA.
Department of Biochemistry,
Tulane University School of Medecine,
1430 Tulane Avenue,
New Orleans, LA, 70112,
USA.
16-12-1982
Isolated by
Date
Kuo, Huang,
Wu and Cheng
Wu and Cheng
1968
Source
Water of a rice field, Taiwan
Updated at
2024-01-16