HER 97


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Name
PBS1
Morphotype
A1 (Myophage)
Family
?1
Genus
Takahashivirus
Species
Takahashivirus PBS1
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UAB
Characteristics
Plaques: 0.1, clear to veiled.
Helical and contraction fibers, very large size
Thymine replaced by uracil.
Generalized transduction
Very stable
Takahashi: Penassay broth
Tryptose blood agar base
Schaefferʼs spore medium.
Bacterial hosts
Reference
Eiserling, F. A. 1963. *Bacillus subtilis* bacteriophages: structure, intracellular development and conditions of lysogeny. Ph.D. thesis, University of California, Los Angeles. pp. 1-127.
Remarks
Description of the media used are available upon request.
History
Isolated by
Date
Dr. I. Takahashi,
Departement of Biology,
McMaster University
1960
Received from
Date
Dr. I. Takahashi,
Departement of Biology,
McMaster University,
Hamilton, ON.
Canada, L8S 4K1
5-04-1982
Source
Soil, Ottawa, Canada
Updated at
2024-01-16