HER 222


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Name
C-1
Morphotype
E1
Realm
Riboviria
Kingdom
Orthornavirae
Phylum
Lenarviricota
Class
Leviviricetes
Order
Norzivirales
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. Schell-M. van Montagu
Laboratorium voor Genetika
Ledeganckstraat 35
B-9000 Gent, Belgium
10-17-1983
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
1980
Source
Sewage
Updated at
2024-01-17