Bacteriophages from Bombyx mori.
Preparations of silkworm larvae contained two large phages with contractile tails (Myoviridae). One phage was active on Pseudomonas paucimobilis. The other, not cultivated, was one of the largest viruses known.
Félix d'Hérelle Reference Center for Bacterial Viruses, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Quebec, Sainte-Foy, Canada.
H W
HW
Ackermann
P
P
Auclair
S
S
Basavarajappa
H P
HP
Konjin
C
C
Savanurmath
D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000821:virology; D012831:Bombyx / Q000821:virology*; D007814:Larva / Q000821:virology; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D017900:Myoviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000821:virology*