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Summary Escherichia phage 8
Pictures
Morphotype
MyovirusHost species
Escherichia coliSequence genome
KP869106Morphology
icosahedral head,long contractile tailStrains
| Reference | Strain number | Name | History |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HER 262 | Escherichia phage 8 | <- S.Kasatiya, Ontario Public Health Laboratory, Canada <- Rafuq Ahmed, Ontario Public Health Laboratory, Canada |
Taxonomy
| Reference | Realm | Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Subfamily | Genus | Species | Links | Full scientific name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duplodnaviria | Heunggongvirae | Uroviricota | Caudoviricetes | Ounavirinae | Felixounavirus | Felixounavirus wV8 |   ViralZone | Escherichia coli O157 typing phage 8 |
Origin
| Reference | Habitat | Sampling date | Geographic location | Country | Country code | Nagoya restrictions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottawa river Water | 1986/06 | Ontario | Canada | CAN | There are NO known Nagoya protocol restrictions for this strain |
Multimedia
| Reference | Category | File | Media type | IPR | Caption |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TEM | jpg | Félix d`Herelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruses | Electron micrograph of phage Escherichia phage 8 |
Morphology
| Reference | Morphotype | Phage description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myovirus | icosahedral head,long contractile tail |
Host range
| Reference | Host range id | Host range link |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 777 | https://viralhostrangedb.pasteur.cloud/virus/777 |
Host cultivation
| Reference | Medium name | DSM medium number | Temperature (C°) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) | 535 | 37 |
Phage cultivation
| Reference | Propagation medium | DSM medium number | Temperature (C°) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535) | 535 | 37 |
Sequence genome
| Reference | Nucleic acid type | Sequence database | Accession number | Assembly accession number | Sequence title | Assembly level | Genome length | GC content | Fasta file |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DNA, linear | NCBI | KP869106 | GCA_003329085 | Escherichia coli O157 typing phage 8, partial genome | Partial | 88998 | 38.93 |  |
Genes
| Reference | Annotation status | Number of genes | Number of tRNAs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Complete | 159 | 26 |
Literature
| Title |
|---|
| 1987. J. Inf. Dis. 155:806-809. |
| Reference | Title | Catalogue institution |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Félix d'Hérelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruses | Canadian culture collection of the Laval University |
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