HER 137


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Name
α3A
Morphotype
B2 (Siphophage)
Other designations
alpha3A
Realm
Duplodnaviria
Kingdom
Heunggongvirae
Phylum
Uroviricota
Class
Caudoviricetes
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA
Characteristics

Plaques: 0.1mm, veiled.
Try different colonies.
Prefer large colonies with white center.
Woods: Tryptone broth, TA surface, TA double layer.
Sensitive to chloroform.
Dimensions (Ackermann, unpublished) in nm:
UA head: 66 x 48 tail: 327 x 8
PT head: 73 x 56 tail: 332 x 8

Genomic sequence
No
Bacterial hosts
Reference
Thomson, J. A. and D. R. Woods. 1974. Bacteriophages and cryptic lysogeny in *Achromobacter*. J. Gen. Virol. 22:153-157.
History
Received from
Date
Prof. D. R. Woods
Department of Microbiology
University of Cape Town
Private Bag, Rondebosch
7700, Cape Town, R. S. A.
9-9-1982
Received from
Date
J. A. Southern
S. A. Vaccine Institute
Private Bag, Pineland, 7405, R. S. A.
Isolated by
Date
J. A. Thomson and David R. Woods.
From: Cured cattle hides
In: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, R.S.A.
1972
Updated at
2024-01-16