HER Number
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Identification
Name Morphotype
33D (Warsaw) B1
Order Family Genus Species
Caudovirales Siphoviridae
Other designations

Electron Micrograph
Restriction profile

Characteristics Complete genome sequence
Clear plaques of 1.0mm Non

Propagation conditions
Host strain HER
1316
Temp. Medium Aerobic/Anaerobic Agitation Others
37ºC TSA aerobie +

Original reference
Jones, W.D. 1975. Differentiation of known strains of BCG from isolates of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis by using mycobacteriophage 33D. J. Clin. Microbiol. 1:391-392

Remarks
This phage lyses M. tuberculosis and wild strains of M. bovis; it does not lyse any of the attenuated strains of BCG.
Used in clinical settings for differentiation of BCG from M. bovis and M. tuberculosis. (1-RTD on ATCC 607)

History
Received from Date
Dr M. Buraczewska
Received from Date
Dr Edith Mankiewicz
Lakeshore General Hospital
160 Stillview
Pointe-Claire, QC, Canada
H9R 2Y2 		14-04-1988
Isolé par Date
Dr M. Buraczewska
Watsaw, Poland 		1970
Original source
Lysogenic bacilli

Last update
2006-03-08
GREB, Pavillon de Médecine Dentaire
Université Laval, QC, Canada, G1V 0A6
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