Mycobacterium virus D29

Mycobacterium virus D29
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Kingdom: Heunggongvirae
Phylum: Uroviricota
Class: Caudoviricetes
Order: Caudovirales
Family: Siphoviridae
Genus: Fromanvirus
Species:
Mycobacterium virus D29

Mycobacterium virus D29 (D29) is a cluster A mycobacteriophage belonging to the Siphoviridae family of viruses, it was discovered in 1954 by S. Froman.[1]

Viral classification

Mycobacterium virus D29 is a Caudovirales virus belonging to the Siphoviridae family.[2]

Tropism

D29 can infect a large variety of mycobacterium.[3]

M. tuberculosis: a deadly pathogen that D29 is able to infect

References

  1. ^ "The Actinobacteriophage Database | Phage D29". phagesdb.org. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  2. ^ Granoff, Allan; Webster, Robert (1999). Encyclopedia of Virology (Second ed.). Academic Press. ISBN 978-0-12-227033-8.
  3. ^ Swift, Benjamin M. C.; Gerrard, Zara E.; Huxley, Jonathan N.; Rees, Catherine E. D. (2014). "Factors Affecting Phage D29 Infection: A Tool to Investigate Different Growth States of Mycobacteria". PLOS ONE. 9 (9): e106690. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...9j6690S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0106690. PMC 4153674. PMID 25184428.