HER 163
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Name
MJ-1
Morphotype
B1 (Siphophage)
Realm
Duplodnaviria
Kingdom
Heunggongvirae
Phylum
Uroviricota
Class
Caudoviricetes
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA
Characteristics
Plaques : 0.5 mm, clear.
Isolated from soil.
Specific for *Bacillus megaterium*.
Some similarity to phages CS-1 and CK-1.
Genomic sequence
No
Bacterial hosts
HER
Reference
Van Elsas, J.D., and E.G.C. Penido. 1982. Characterization of a new *Bacillus megaterium* bacteriophage, MJ-1, from tropical soil. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, J. Microbiol. Serol. 48:365-371.
History
Received from
Date
Prof. Jan Dirk van Elsas,
Instituto de Microbiologia da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro,
Centro de Ciências da Saude, Bloco "I",
Ilha do Fundao,
Rio de Janeiro,
RJ 21.944,
Brazil
04-13-1983
Isolated by
Date
J.D. van Elsas,
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil
1978
Source
Soil
Updated at
2024-01-16