HER 253

Name

Morphotype

A1 (Myophage)

Realm

Duplodnaviria

Kingdom

Heunggongvirae

Phylum

Uroviricota

Class

Caudoviricetes

Genus

Muvirus

Species

Muvirus mu

Characteristics

Clear plaques of 0.5 mm.

Genomic sequence

Yes

Bacterial hosts

HER

Temp.

Medium

TSA

Link

Reference

Symonds, N., A. Toussaint, P. Vandeputte and M.M. Howe, eds. 1987. Phage Mu. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY.

Remarks

Heat inducible (37 -> 43°C).
Fragile and unstable.

History

Isolated by

Date

R, Janvier et H.-W. Ackermann
Université Laval
Faculté de Médecine
Departement de Microbiologie
Quebec, Canada

10-1986

Source

Lysogenic culture of *E. coli* HM8305 (HER 1253)

Updated at

2024-01-17