Species:
Escherichia phage lambda (Lambdavirus lambda)
Taxonomy:
Order:
Family:
Subfamily:
Genus: Lambdavirus
Isolate:
Escherichia phage lambda
DSM No.:
4499
History:
<- ATCC <- A. Campbell
Geographic origin:
country of origin unknown
Date of sampling:
before 15.02.1993
Nagoya Protocol Restrictions:
There are NO known Nagoya protocol restrictions for this strain.
Genomics:
dsDNA
Morphology:
Siphovirus
Life cycle:
temperate phage, lysogenic cycle
Plaques description:
plaques differ in size, small and bigger ones
Image:
Single plaques on agar plate.
Creator: B. Henze, Leibniz Institute DSMZ.
© © Leibniz-Institut DSMZ
Further information:
Specialised transduction double-stranded linear DNA which has 12 nucleotide complementary sticky ends
Literature:
3432, 23821
Risk group:1
Phage propagation
Host bacterium:
Escherichia coli (Migula 1895) Castellani and Chalmers 1919
DSM 4230
We strongly recommend to use only DSM 4230 for propagation.
Cultivation conditions:
Medium 381 , 37°C
Complete DSMZ Media List
Phage propagation:
Supply, storage and propagation of phages
Revitalisation of Vacuum-Dried Phages