HER 276


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Name
G
Morphotype
A1 (Myophage)
Family
?1
Genus
Donellivirus
Species
Donellivirus gee
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 100 nm
Staining: UA
Characteristics
Veiled plaques of 1 mm.
Largest phage known.
Unique morphology (spring-like spiral around sheath).
Genome of 750 kb, DNA glucosylated.
Bacterial hosts
Reference
Donelli, G., F. Guglielmi, and L. Paoletti. 1972. Structure and physico-chemical properties of bacteriophage G. I. Arrangement of protein subunits and contraction process of tail sheath. J. Mol. Biol. 71: 113-125.

Ageno, M., G. Donelli, and F. Guglielmi. 1973. Structure and physico-chemical properties of bacteriophage G. II. The shape and symetry of the capsid. Micron 4: 376-403.
Remarks
Also held in the ATCC collection : no. 43725-B1.
Does not resist lyophilization.
History
Received from
Date
Prof. Walton L. Fangman
Department of Genetics, SK 50
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195, USA
16-01-1987
Isolated by
Date
G. Donelli
Physics Laboratory
Istituto Superiore de Sanité, Rome
Italy
1968
Received from
Date
Prof. Gianfranco Donelli
Laboratorio di Ultrastructura
Istituto Superiore di Sanité
Viale Regina Elena, 299
00161 Roma, Italy
Before 1978
Source
Lysate of *B. megaterium* phage a
Updated at
2024-01-19