HER 412


Add to cart
Name
UTAK
Morphotype
A1 (Myophage)
Other designations
ph1
Family
?1
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: PT
Characteristics
Plaques: 0.5 mm, halo.
Genomic sequence
No
Bacterial hosts
Reference
Goel, U., T. Kauri, H.-W. Ackermann, D.J. Kushner. 1996. A moderately halophilic *Vibrio* from a Spanish saltern and its lytic bacteriophage. Can. J. Microbiol. 42:1015-1023.
Remarks
Host has not been identified with certainty.
Phage represents a new species.
History
Received from
Date
Dr Tiiu Kauri
Environmental Health Center
Health and Welfare Canada
Tunneyʼs pasture, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0L6, Canada
Received from
Date
Dr Donn J. Kushner
Department of Microbiology
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A8, Canada
05-07-1993
Isolated by
Date
T. Kauri
Department of Biology
University of Ottawa
07-1987
Source
Pond in solar saltern, Alicante, Spain
Updated at
2024-01-22