HER 366


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Name
K20
Morphotype
A2 (Myophage)
Realm
Duplodnaviria
Kingdom
Heunggongvirae
Phylum
Uroviricota
Class
Caudoviricetes
Family
Straboviridae
Genus
Mosigvirus
Electron Micrograph
Image
Image of phage under microscope
Image description
Magnification: 297,000X
Bar: 50 nm
Staining: UA
Characteristics

Clear plaques of 1.0 mm.
Uses the OmpF porin plus LPS as receptor.

Genomic sequence
No

Primary bacterial host

Alternative bacterial hosts

No alternative hosts for this phage.

Reference
Hancock, R.E., P. Reeves. 1975. Bacteriophage resistance in *Escherichia coli* K-12: general pattern of resistance. J. Bacteriol. 121: 983-993.
Slopek S, Durlakowa I, Kucharewicz-Krukowska A, et al. Phage typing of Shigella flexneri. Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis. 1972 ;20(1):1-60. PMID: 4621296.
Remarks

Original isolate is from Dr. H. Milch (State Insitute of Hygiene, Budapest)

History
Received from
Date
Thomas Silhavy
Received from
Date
Dr Spencer A. Benson
Dept. of Microbiology
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742-4451, USA
20-04-1990
Updated at
2024-01-19