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Summary Enterococcus phage 1

Morphotype
Myovirus
Host species
Enterococcus faecalis
Morphology
icosahedral head,long contractile tail

Strains

ReferenceStrain numberNameHistory
1HER 339, DSM 112154Enterococcus phage 1<- O. Chen, Public Health Laboratory, Ottawa, Canada <- S.S. Kasatiya, Public Health Laboratory, Ottawa, Canada

Taxonomy

ReferenceRealmKingdomPhylumClass
1DuplodnaviriaHeunggongviraeUroviricotaCaudoviricetes

Origin

ReferenceHabitatSampling dateGeographic locationCountryCountry codeNagoya restrictions
1Sewage1905-05-28Ste Rose, P.Q.CanadaCANThere are NO known Nagoya protocol restrictions for this strain

Morphology

ReferenceMorphotypePhage descriptionPlaque descriptionPlaque size (mm)
1Myovirusicosahedral head,long contractile tailclear0.1

Host

ReferenceHost speciesHost strain number
1Enterococcus faecalis 8413HER 1339

Host range

ReferenceHost range idHost range link
11283https://viralhostrangedb.pasteur.cloud/virus/1283

Host cultivation

ReferenceMedium nameDSM medium numberTemperature (C°)
1TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)53537

Phage cultivation

ReferencePropagation mediumDSM medium numberTemperature (C°)
1TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)53537

Literature

TitleAuthors
A study of five bacteriophages of the Myoviridae family which replicate on different gram-positive bacteriaJarvis, A.W., L.J. Collins, H.W. Ackermann

ReferenceTitleCatalogue institution
1Félix d'Hérelle Reference Center for Bacterial VirusesCanadian culture collection of the Laval University