Bacteriophages fromBombyx mori

Ackermann, Hans-W.; Auclair, P.; Basavarajappa, Shrikanth C.; Konjin, H. P. Emadi; Savanurmath, C. J.

doi:10.1007/bf01311186

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“…These hairs (length 119.3 ± 10.4 nm) are highly stable, as they did not dissociate from the phage tails during a 1½ year of storage at 4°C. Only two other phages have been reported to possess these hairy features; these being Escherichia coli phage PhAPEC6 (Tsones, 2014) and an unpurified phage observed in a preparation of crushed silkworm larvae referred to as X particle (Ackermann et al, 1994). Other than CBB having the whiskers, its morphology is typical of the Rak2-like phages in that it has a very large head with a comparatively short tail (Drulis-Kawa et al, 2014).…”

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Things Are Getting Hairy: Enterobacteria Bacteriophage vB_PcaM_CBB

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Enterobacteria phage vB_PcaM_CBB is a “jumbo” phage belonging to the family Myoviridae. It possesses highly atypical whisker-like structures along the length of its contractile tail. It has a broad host range with the capability of infecting species of the genera Erwinia, Pectobacterium, and Cronobacter. With a genome of 355,922 bp, excluding a predicted terminal repeat of 22,456 bp, phage CBB is the third largest phage sequenced to date. Its genome was predicted to encode 554 ORFs with 33 tRNAs. Based on prediction and proteome analysis of the virions, 29% of its predicted ORFs could be functionally assigned. Protein comparison shows that CBB shares between 33–38% of its proteins with Cronobacter phage GAP32, coliphages PBECO4 and 121Q as well as Klebsiella phage vB_KleM_Rak2. This work presents a detailed and comparative analysis of vB_PcaM_CBB of a highly atypical jumbo myoviridae phage, contributing to a better understanding of phage diversity and biology.

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Things Are Getting Hairy: Enterobacteria Bacteriophage vB_PcaM_CBB

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“…A the X particle with extended tail. Note its enormous head and relatively short tail [16]. B to E phage PA5oct.…”

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“…The next-largest phages with seemingly secure dimensions are phages P10 of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris , PA5oct, GAP32 of Cronobacter sakazakii , coliphage 121Q, and an entity called the X particle that was observed in the fluid of crushed silkworm larvae and never propagated [16]. Fig.…”

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A giant Pseudomonas phage from Poland

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A novel giant phage of the family Myoviridae is described. Pseudomonas phage PA5oct was isolated from a sewage sample from an irrigated field near Wroclaw, Poland. The virion morphology indicates that PA5oct differs from known giant phages. The phage has a head of about 131 nm in diameter and a tail of 136 × 19 nm. Phage PA5oct contains a genome of approximately 375 kbp and differs in size from any tailed phages known. PA5oct was further characterized by determination of its latent period and burst size and its sensitivity to heating, chloroform, and pH.

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“…It was isolated by S. Basavarajappa and C. Savanurmath from a homogenate of diseased silkworms ( Bombyx mori ) collected from various areas within Karnataka State, India, and is a host for the giant phage, PAU (1). The isolate was originally classified as Pseudomonas paucimobilis (1), but it was reclassified as Sphingomonas paucimobilis strain HER1398 by the Félix D’Hérelle Reference Center.…”

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