HER 219


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Name
J
Morphotype
C1 (Podophage)
Family
?1
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 594,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: PT
Characteristics
Plaques: 0.1 mm, veiled.
Mini T3-like phage adsorbing to IncJ plasmid coded pili and some IncC and IncD pili.
Apparently the smallest podovirus in existence.
Forms extremely faint plaques which are best seen on plates that have stood at room temperature after overnight incubation.
Genomic sequence
No
Bacterial hosts
Reference
Bradley, D.E., F.A. Sirgel, J.N. Coetzee, and R.W. Hedges. 1982. Phage C-2 and J: IncC and IncJ plasmid-dependant phages. J. Gen. Microbiol. 128:2485-2498.
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.
02-11-1984
Isolated by
Date
J.N. Coetzee,
Institute for Pathology,
P.O. Box 2034,
Pretoria 0001,
South Africa.
1981
Source
Sewage
Updated at
2024-01-17