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Isolation and characterization of a new bacteriophage MMP17 from Meiothermus
Authors:Lianbing Lin  Jian Han  Xiuling Ji  Wei Hong  Li Huang  Yunlin Wei
Affiliation:(1) Biotechnology Research Center, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Bailongsi, Kunming, 650224, Yunnan, China;(2) State Key Laboratory of Microbial Resources, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China
Abstract:Thermophiles and their viruses are extraordinarily important because of their roles in processes of evolution, biogeochemistry and ecology. Species of the genus Meiothermus share close relationship with genus Thermus, but no Meiothermus bacteriophage has been reported yet. In this work, a new thermophilic bacteriophage named MMP17 (Meiothermus Myoviridae phage 17) was isolated from a Meiothermus strain and was further characterized. MMP17 was a typical myovirus with an icosahedral head (42 nm in diameter) and a tail (120 nm in length and 17 nm in width). Its DNA was about 33.5–39.5 kb in size. MMP17 was very stable at 55–60°C and pH 6–7. According to the one-step growth curve, the latent period and the burst period were 60 and 30 min, respectively. An average of 15 phage particles was released from each infected cell. Four major bands were detected in purified virion preparation by SDS-PAGE. As MMP17 was a thermophilic bacteriophage with lower production temperature, its characterization and the relationship between MMP17 and Thermus bacteriophages deserved for further study.
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