Frequency of morphological phage descriptions in the year 2000

Authors
Ackermann, HW
Citation
Hw. Ackermann, Frequency of morphological phage descriptions in the year 2000, ARCH VIROL, 146(5), 2001, pp. 843-857
Citations number
27
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
ARCHIVES OF VIROLOGY
ISSN journal
03048608 → ACNP
Volume
146
Issue
5
Year of publication
2001
Pages
843 - 857
Database
ISI
SICI code
0304-8608(2001)146:5<843:FOMPDI>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Over 5100 bacterial viruses have been examined in the electron microscope s ince 1959. About 4950 phages (96%) are tailed and only 186 phages (3.6%), a re cubic, filamentous, or pleomorphic. Phages belong to 13 virus families a nd occur in over 140 bacterial genera. Phages are listed by morphotypes and host genera. Siphoviridae or phages with long, noncontractile tails compri se 61% of tailed phages. The distribution of phages in different bacterial phylogenetic divisions is shown.