HER 278


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Name
Tohama
Morphotype
B1 (Siphophage)
Family
?1
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA
Characteristics
Plaques of 1.0 to 1.5 mm.
Genomic sequence
No
Bacterial hosts
Reference
Lapaeva, I.A., S.M. Mebel, N.A. Pereverzev, and L.N. Sinyashina. 1980. *Bordetella pertussis* bacteriophage. Zh. Mikrobiol. Epidemiol. Immunobiol. 85-90.

Mebel, S., I.A. Lapaeva, S. Rustenbach, and I. Uerling. 1981. Spontaneous release of phage from strains of *Bordetella pertussis* used for vaccine production. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 12: 233-235.
Remarks
Morphologically unstable in ceasium chloride gradient at average density 1.45 g/cm3.
Also held in the Collection of the WHO Collaborating Center for Research and Reference on *Bordetella pertussis*, Gamaleya Institute, Moscow.
History
Received from
Date
Dr I.A. Lapaeva
Laboratory of Respiratory Infections
Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology
Moscow 123098, Gamaleya st. 18, Russia
10-12-1986
Isolated by
Date
Irina Lapaeva
Gamaleya Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology
Moscow
1986
Source
*Bordetella pertussis* Tohama phase I
Updated at
2024-01-19