title: Preliminary characterization of a group of actinophages of the thermophilic actinomycete genus Saccharomonospora.
abstract: The comparison of the Saccharomonospora phages phi SaC1, phi SaG1, phi SaV1, phi SaV2, phi SaV3, and Tm1 demonstrated that they all belong to a single group of closely related actinophages: they were similar with regard to host range, virion mophology (B1 type), genome length (43-45 kb), and GC content of their genomes (63, 3% G + C). Furthermore, DNA-DNA hybridization showed that the phage genomes had a high degree of homology to each other. The phages are, therefore, proposed as representatives of a new bacteriophage species in the sense of the ICTV.
authors.affiliation: Institute für Mikrobiologie, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, FRG.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kramer
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Grund
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kutzner
mesh_terms: D000191:Actinomycetaceae; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics* / Q000254:growth & development / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001482:Base Composition; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes