HER 154


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Name
XP12
Morphotype
B2 (Siphophage)
Other designations
Xp12, XP-12
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: UAB
Characteristics

Plaques: 2mm, clear.
Smaller plaques when cultivated without thymidine
Read after 24- 48 hrs.
Thymidine (5 mg/ml) needed in medium.
5-methylcytosine completely replaces cytosine.

Genomic sequence
No
Bacterial hosts
Reference
Kuo, T. , T. Huang, and M. Teng. 1968. 5-methylcytosine replacing cytosine in the deoxyribonucleic acid of a bacteriophage for *Xanthomonas oryzae*. J. Mol. Biol. 34:373-375.
Remarks

Instructions for phage propagation and media composition are available upon request.
THIS PHAGE IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS MOMENT

History
Received from
Date
Dr Mélanie Ehrlich,
Department of Biochemistry,
Tulane University School of Medecine,
1430 Tulane Avenue,
New Orleans, LA, 70112,
USA.
12-16-1982
Received from
Date
Dr T. T. kuo,
Institute of Botany,
Academia Sinica,
Taiwan,
Republica of China.
Isolated by
Date
Kuo, Huang,
Wu and Cheng
1968
Source
Water of a rice field, Taiwan
Updated at
2024-01-16