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Summary Bacillus phage BS5

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Morphotype
Siphovirus
Host species
Bacillus subtilis
Morphology
long non-contractile tail,elongated icosahedral head

Strains

ReferenceStrain numberNameHistory
1HER 395Bacillus phage BS5<- Maoxiao Yu, Academia Sinica Zhong Guan Cun, China

Taxonomy

ReferenceRealmKingdomPhylumClassSpecies
1DuplodnaviriaHeunggongviraeUroviricotaCaudoviricetesBLE

Origin

ReferenceHabitatSampling dateGeographic locationCountryCountry codeNagoya restrictions
1Fermentation broth, enzyme plant1989/02/08WushiChinaCHNThere are NO known Nagoya protocol restrictions for this strain

Multimedia

ReferenceCategoryFileMedia typeIPRCaption
1TEM
jpgFélix d`Herelle Reference Center for Bacterial VirusesElectron micrograph of Bacillus phage BS5

Morphology

ReferenceMorphotypePhage descriptionPlaque descriptionPlaque size (mm)
1Siphoviruslong non-contractile tail,elongated icosahedral headclear0.5

Host

ReferenceHost speciesHost strain number
1Bacillus subtilis ATCC 15841HER 1395

Host range

ReferenceHost range idHost range link
11337https://viralhostrangedb.pasteur.cloud/virus/1337

Host cultivation

ReferenceMedium nameDSM medium numberTemperature (C°)
1TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)53530

Phage cultivation

ReferencePropagation mediumDSM medium numberTemperature (C°)
1TRYPTICASE SOY BROTH AGAR (DSMZ Medium 535)53530

Literature

TitleAuthorsDOI
Properties of six Bacillus subtilis BF7658 bacteriophagesJia P. and coll
Characterization of poly-gamma-glutamate hydrolase encoded by a bacteriophage genome: possible role in phage infection of Bacillus subtilis encapsulated with poly-gamma-glutamateKeitarou Kimura, Yoshifumi Itoh10.1128/AEM.69.5.2491-2497.2003

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