HER 377


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Name
ϕCbK
Morphotype
B3 (Siphophage)
Family
?1
Genus
Shapirovirus
Species
Shapirovirus cbk
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA
Characteristics
Clear plaques of 0.25 mm.
Bacterial hosts
Reference
Agabian-Keshishian, N. and L. Shapiro. 1970. Stalked bacteria: properties of deoxyribonucleic acid bacteriophage ΦCbK. J. Virol. 5: 795-800.
Remarks
Very large phage.
Specific for swarmer cells.
Morphologically investigated in detail.
History
Received from
Date
Dr Dickson Alley
Dept. of Developmental Biology
Beckman Center, Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford University
Stanford, California 94305-5427, USA
06-08-1990
Isolated by
Date
N. Agabian-Keshishian and L. Shapiro
Dept. of Molecular Biology
Division of Biological Sciences
Bronx, NY 10461, USA
Prior to 1970
Updated at
2024-01-22