HER 306


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Name
Κ (kappa)
Morphotype
A1 (Myophage)
Family
?1
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA
Characteristics
Clear plaques between 0.5 and 1.0mm
Temperate phage
General transducer
Genomic sequence
No
Bacterial hosts
Reference
Ellmaner, H., and R.W. Kaplan. 1959. Naturwissenschaften 46:150.
Winkler, U., U. Kopp-Scholz, and C. Haux. 1970. Nonsense-mutants of *Serratia* phage Kappa. I. Their isolation and use for proving circular linkage of the phage genes. Mol. Gen. Genet. 106:239-253.
Remarks
Origin of lysogenic host : Dr A. Rippel-Baldes, Göttingen, 1955
Used for teaching
History
Received from
Date
Dr R.W. Kaplan
Frankfurt, Germany
Isolated by
Date
Dr H. Ellmaner and Dr R.W. Kaplan
Institut für Mikrobiologie
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
Frankfurt, Germany
1959
Received from
Date
Dr H. Steiger
Fachbereich Biologie der
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
Institut für Mikrobiologie
6000 Frankfurt am Main, Siesmawerstr. 70, Germany
21-12-1987
Source
*Serratia marcescens* K
Updated at
2024-01-19