HER 45


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Name
Jersey
Morphotype
B1 (Siphophage)
Realm
Duplodnaviria
Kingdom
Heunggongvirae
Phylum
Uroviricota
Class
Caudoviricetes
Family
Sarkviridae
Genus
Jerseyvirus
Species
Jerseyvirus jersey
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA
Characteristics

Plaques: 1mm, tiny yellow resistant colonies, halo of 1mm.
Do not propagate in Eagle-Earle medium or titrate on sea-blue agar.
Propagate on "Type 1" rather than "Jersey".
Abnormal tails.
Part of Felix and Callowʼs typing set for *S. paratyphi* B (Refs. 464 & 465).

Bacterial hosts
Reference
Felix, A., and B. R. Callow. 1943. Typing of paratyphoid B bacilli by means of VI bacteriophage. Brit. Med. J. pp. 127-130
History
Received from
Date

Dr S. S. Kasatiya,
Ministère des affaires sociales de la province de Québec,
Direction des laboratoires,
20045 Chemin Ste-Marie O.,
Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, P.Q., Canada

2-20-1970
Updated at
2024-01-15