HER 222


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Name
C-1
Morphotype
E1
Family
Fiersviridae
Genus
Cunavirus
Species
Cunavirus pretoriense
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA
Characteristics
Veiled plaques with halo, 0.5 mm.
RNA-containing phage.
Adsorbs to sides of IncC plasmid-coded pili.
Mostly only *Salmonella* strains carrying the plasmid are lysed.
Bacterial hosts
Reference
Sirgel, F.A., C.N. Coetzee, R.W. Hedges, and G. Lecatsas. 1981. Phage C-1: an IncC group plasmid-specific phage. J. Gen Microbiol. 122: 155-160.
History
Received from
Date
J.N. Coetzee
Institute for Pathology
P.O. Box 2034
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
Received from
Date
J. Schell-M. van Montagu
Laboratorium voor Genetika
Ledeganckstraat 35
B-9000 Gent, Belgium
17-10-1983
Isolated by
Date
J.N. Coetzee
Institute for Pathology
P.O. Box 2034
Pretoria 0001
South Africa
1980
Source
Sewage
Updated at
2024-01-17