HER 218


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Name
M
Morphotype
E1
Realm
Riboviria
Kingdom
Orthornavirae
Phylum
Lenarviricota
Class
Leviviricetes
Order
Norzivirales
Family
Fiersviridae
Genus
Empivirus
Species
Empivirus allolyticum
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UAB
Characteristics

Plaques: 0.1 mm, clear.
RNA-containing phage.
Adsorbs to sides of IncM plasmide-coded pili.

Bacterial hosts
Reference
Coetzee, J.N., D.E. Bradley, R.W. Hedges, J. Fleming, and G. Lecatsas. 1983. Bacteriophage M: an incompatibility group M plasmid-specific phage. J. Gen Microbiol. 129:2271-2276.
History
Received from
Date
J. Schell-M. van Montagu,
Laboratorium voor Genetika,
Ledeganckstraat 35,
B-9000 Gent,
Belgium.
02-15-1984
Received from
Date
J.N. Coetzee,
Institute for Pathology,
P.O. Box 2034,
Pretoria 0001,
South Africa.
Isolated by
Date
J.N. Coetzee,
Institute for Pathology,
P.O. Box 2034,
Pretoria 0001,
South Africa.
1982
Source
Sewage
Updated at
2024-01-17