Name 111 | Félix d'Hérelle Reference Center for bacterial viruses

Electron Micrograph

Image description

Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA

Characteristics

Plaques: 0.1mm, clear.
Capsule depolymerase activity.
Filamentous material extends from tail sheath.
Régué: NB+ agar double layer, 30oC, 10-12h.
Longevity in broth: 4 month.

Genomic sequence

No

Bacterial hosts

HER

1111

Temp.

30-37

Medium

BHI

TSA

Link

Consult full media list

Agitation

100 RPM

Other

Tryptose phosphate broth

Reference

Régué, M., J. Tomás, R. Parés, and J. Jofre. 1981. Isolation and partial characterization of phages infecting *Citrobacter intermedius* C3. Curr. Microbiol. 5:153-156.

History

Isolated by

Date

M. Regué

Received from

Date

M. Regué,
Departamento de Microbiología,
Facultad de Biología,
Universidad de Barcelona,
Gran Via 585,
Barcelona-7, Spain.
Now:
Fac. Biol. Zona Universitatria,
Avinguda Diagonal, 637-647,
Barcelona 28.

27-05-1982

Source

River water, Segre river; contaminated with paper mills effluents, Blaguer (Lérida), Spain.