HER 195
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Name
MSP2
Morphotype
B2 (Siphophage)
Family
?1
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA
Characteristics
Plaques: 2-3 mm, clear.
Very narrow host range (specific of *S. venezuelae*?).
High thermal resistance : 80°C for 1h.
High resistance to osmotic shock, difficult to dissociate.
Morphological aberrations : giant and small (?) heads, particles with two tails and aberrant tail insertion.
Very narrow host range (specific of *S. venezuelae*?).
High thermal resistance : 80°C for 1h.
High resistance to osmotic shock, difficult to dissociate.
Morphological aberrations : giant and small (?) heads, particles with two tails and aberrant tail insertion.
Genomic sequence
No
Bacterial hosts
HER
Reference
Jones, L.A., M.L. Hahn, and A.R. Taylor. 1974. Incomplete and aberrant particles of actinophage MSP2 from lysates of *Streptomyces venezuelae*. J. Virol. 14:493-502.
History
Received from
Date
S.G. Bradley,
Received from
Date
Dr. Lily A. Jones
Department of Immunology and Microbiology,
Wayne State University,
Detroit, Michigan 48201,
USA
Department of Immunology and Microbiology,
Wayne State University,
Detroit, Michigan 48201,
USA
16-01-1984
Isolated by
Date
S.G. Bradley
Department of Microbiology,
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota,
USA
Department of Microbiology,
University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Minnesota,
USA
1956-60
Source
Soil
Updated at
2024-01-16