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Summary Escherichia phage RB69

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Morphotype
Myovirus
Host species
Escherichia coli
Sequence genome
AY303349
Morphology
long contractile tail,elongated icosahedral head

Strains

ReferenceStrain numberNameHistory
1HER 158Escherichia phage RB69<- J. Karam, Tulane University School of Medecine, USA and J. Drake, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), USA and W. B. Wood University of Colorado who received it from R. L. Russell and R. S. Edgar

Taxonomy

ReferenceRealmKingdomPhylumClassFamilySubfamilyGenusSpeciesLinksNucleic acid typeFull scientific name
1DuplodnaviriaHeunggongviraeUroviricotaCaudoviricetesStraboviridaeTevenvirinaeMosigvirusMosigvirus RB69ViralZonedsDNAEnterobacteria phage RB69

Origin

ReferenceNagoya restrictions
1There are NO known Nagoya protocol restrictions for this strain

Multimedia

ReferenceCategoryFileMedia typeIPRCaption
1TEM
jpgFélix d`Herelle Reference Center for Bacterial VirusesElectron micrograph of Escherichia phage RB69

Morphology

ReferenceMorphotypePhage descriptionPlaque descriptionPlaque size (mm)
1Myoviruslong contractile tail,elongated icosahedral headclear1

Host

ReferenceHost speciesHost strain number
1Escherichia coli K12SHER 1040

Host range

ReferenceHost range idHost range link
11108https://viralhostrangedb.pasteur.cloud/virus/1108

Host cultivation

ReferenceMedium nameDSM medium numberTemperature (C°)
1BHI MEDIUM (DSMZ medium 215)21537
1TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)535

Phage cultivation

ReferencePropagation mediumDSM medium numberTemperature (C°)
1BHI MEDIUM (DSMZ medium 215)21537
1TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)535

Storage

Reference
1

Sequence genome

ReferenceNucleic acid typeSequence databaseAccession numberAssembly accession numberSequence titleAssembly levelGenome lengthGC contentFasta file
1DNA, linearNCBIAY303349GCA_000858005Enterobacteria phage RB69, complete genomeComplete16756037.66

Genes

ReferenceAnnotation statusNumber of genesNumber of tRNAs
1Complete2752

Literature

TitleAuthors
Divergence of a DNA Replication Gene Cluster in the T4-Related Bacteriophage RB69Yeh L. S., T. Hsu, J. D. Karam

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