HER 218


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Name
M
Morphotype
E1
Family
Fiersviridae
Genus
Empivirus
Species
Empivirus allolyticum
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UAB
Characteristics
Plaques: 0.1 mm, clear.
RNA-containing phage.
Adsorbs to sides of IncM plasmide-coded pili.
Bacterial hosts
Reference
Coetzee, J.N., D.E. Bradley, R.W. Hedges, J. Fleming, and G. Lecatsas. 1983. Bacteriophage M: an incompatibility group M plasmid-specific phage. J. Gen Microbiol. 129:2271-2276.
History
Received from
Date
J.N. Coetzee,
Institute for Pathology,
P.O. Box 2034,
Pretoria 0001,
South Africa.
Received from
Date
J. Schell-M. van Montagu,
Laboratorium voor Genetika,
Ledeganckstraat 35,
B-9000 Gent,
Belgium.
15-02-1984
Isolated by
Date
J.N. Coetzee,
Institute for Pathology,
P.O. Box 2034,
Pretoria 0001,
South Africa.
1982
Source
Sewage
Updated at
2024-01-17