The first isolation of a cyanophage-Synechococcus system from the East China Sea.
A cyanophage strain and its host Synechococcus were isolated from the East China Sea. The host Synechococcus sp. SJ01 was characterized by its 16S rRNA, ITS, and psbA gene sequences as well as by its morphological appearance and pigmentation. The cyanophage, strain S-SJ2, was able to cause a lytic infection of the coastal Synechococcus. TEM of negative-stained specimens showed that the phage isolate has an isometric head with a diameter of 68 nm and a long tail with a length of 280 nm. The cyanophage-Synechococcus system from the East China Sea shares many properties with other marine cyanophage-Synechococcus systems worldwide.
College of Life Science, Central China Normal University, Wuhan, 430079, China.
Yan
Y
Zhang
Min
M
Xu
Yijun
Y
Zhao
Kai
K
Cheng
D001433:Bacteriolysis; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002681:China; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000821:virology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D046940:Synechococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000821:virology*; D014771:Virion / Q000648:ultrastructure
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D045332:Photosystem II Protein Complex; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C422369:photosystem II, psbA subunit