Pseudomonas phage phiCTX
| Pseudomonas phage phiCTX | |
|---|---|
| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group I (dsDNA) |
| Family: | Myoviridae |
| Subfamily: | Peduovirinae |
| Genus: | P2-like viruses |
| Species: | Pseudomonas phage phiCTX |
Pseudomonas phage phiCTX is a virus of the family Myoviridae, genus P2-like viruses.[1][2]
As a member of the group I of the Baltimore classification, Pseudomonas phage phiCTX is a dsDNA virus. All the Myoviridae family members share a nonenveloped morphology consisting of a head and a tail separated by a neck. Its genome is linear. The propagation of the virions includes the attaching to a host cell (a bacteria, as Pseudomonas phage phiCTX is a bacteriophage) and the injection of the double stranded DNA; the host transcribes and translates it to manufacture new particles. To replicate its genetic content requires host cell DNA polymerases and, hence, the process is highly dependent on the cell cycle.[3]
Its genome contains 35,538 base pairs with 5'-extruding cohesive ends encoding 47 open reading frames.[4]
References
- ↑ International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) (2011). "Master Species List of 2011, version 2". Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ↑ Adams, MJ; Carstens, EB (2012). "Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2012)". Archives of Virology 157 (7): 1411–22. doi:10.1007/s00705-012-1299-6. PMID 22481600.
- ↑ Baltimore, D (1971). "Expression of animal virus genomes". Bacteriological reviews 35 (3): 235–41. PMC 378387. PMID 4329869.
- ↑ Nakayama, K; Kanaya, S; Ohnishi, M; Terawaki, Y; Hayashi, T (1999). "The complete nucleotide sequence of phi CTX, a cytotoxin-converting phage of Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Implications for phage evolution and horizontal gene transfer via bacteriophages". Molecular Microbiology 31 (2): 399–419. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01158.x. PMID 10027959.