Characterization of a novel Vibrio parahaemolyticus phage, KVP241, and its relatives frequently isolated from seawater

Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 953-956

  Matsuzaki, Shigenobu ^a   Inoue, Tetsuyoshi ^b   Tanaka, Shuji ^c   Koga, Tetsuro ^d   Kuroda, Masayuki ^a   Kimura, Susumu ^a   Imai, Shosuke ^a  

^a KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY OF WELFARE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Major capsid protein; Morphotype A1; T4 type phages; Vibriophage

Indexed keywords

CAPSID PROTEIN; SEA WATER;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DNA DNA HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIOPHAGES; CAPSID; GENOME, VIRAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PHYLOGENY; SEAWATER; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIRAL PROTEINS;

EID: 0034533195     PISSN: 03855600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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11. Major capsid proteins of certain Vibrio and Aeromonas phages are homologous to the equivalent protein, gp23*, of coliphage T4
12. Vibriophage KVP40 and coliphage T4 genomes share a homologous 7-kbp region immediately upstream of the gene encoding the major capsid protein
13. The genome of the pseudo T-even bacteriophages, a diverse group that resemble T4