HER 39


Add to cart
Name
ViII
Morphotype
B1 (Siphophage)
Family
?1
Species
ViII
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA
Characteristics
Plaques: 0.5- 1mm, clear.
Vi antigen specific.
Typing phage of *S. typhi*; ancestral virus from which all adapted phages of the international typing set are derived.
Genomic sequence
No
Bacterial hosts
Reference
Desranleau, J.-M. 1947. Typing of *Bact. typhosum* and *Bact. paratyphosum* B by means of a bacteriophage. Can. J. Public Health. 33:343-351.
History
Isolated by
Date
J. A. Craigie and C. H. Yen
Received from
Date
Dr med. V. Lenk,
Institut für Hygiene und Medizinishe Mikrobiologie der Frein Universität,
Berlin, Föhrer Str. 14,
1000 Berlin 65, W. Germany.
1959
Updated at
2024-01-15