• The phi X 174 (or ΦX174) bacteriophage is a single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) virus that infects Escherichia coli, and the first DNA-based genome to be sequenced. (wikipedia.org)
  • This bacteriophage has a [+] sense circular single-stranded DNA genome of 5,386 nucleotides. (wikipedia.org)
  • This bacteriophage has a [+] circular single-stranded DNA genome of 5386 nucleotides encoding 11 proteins . (wn.com)
  • Helical or cylindrical symmetry- The rod shaped helical capsid of viruses which as tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), bacteriophages M13 and influenza virus, have numerous identical capsomeres arranged in a helix. (zoologytalks.com)
  • The in vitro transcription units of bacteriophage phiX174. (wikidata.org)
  • The gene H spike protein of bacteriophages phiX174 and S13. (wikidata.org)
  • The bacteriophage phiX174 was used as a model virus to test for cross- contamination . (bvsalud.org)
  • Then, in 1977, Sanger used this system to deduce the DNA sequence of the bacteriophage Phi X 174 (ΦX174), the first complete genome to be sequenced with about 5,000 nucleotides. (varsomics.com)
  • From the above contaminants, Phi-X-174 (0.027 microns) is the only contaminant which smaller than COVID-19. (ultitec-protection.com)
  • A bacteriophage (from ' bacteria ' and Greek phagein , 'to eat') is any one of a number of viruses that infect bacteria. (wikidoc.org)
  • Bacteriophages are much smaller than the bacteria they destroy - usually between 20 and 200 nm in size. (wikidoc.org)
  • D'Hérelle called the virus a bacteriophage or bacteria-eater (from the Greek phagein meaning to eat). (wikidoc.org)
  • The therapeutic use of bacteriophages, viruses that infect and kill bacteria, is well suited to be part of the multidimensional strategies to combat antibiotic resistance. (asm.org)
  • Bacteriophages (phages) are viruses capable of infecting and replicating within bacterial cells. (asm.org)
  • Felix d'Herelle first coined the term "bacteriophage" ( 4 ), literally meaning "bacterium eater," and began using phages to treat bacterial infections in human patients ( Fig. 1 ). (asm.org)
  • In 1926 in the Pulitzer-prizewinning novel Arrowsmith , Sinclair Lewis fictionalized the application of bacteriophages as a therapeutic agent. (wikidoc.org)
  • Typically, bacteriophages consist of an outer protein hull enclosing genetic material . (wikidoc.org)
  • Correlation between a coat protein amino-terminal sequence and a ribosome-binding DNA sequence from phiX 174. (wikidata.org)
  • Additional testing by Aerosol Research and Engineering Labs (ARE) has shown Molekule's air purification technology to reduce MS2 bacteriophage (a COVID-19 proxy virus) by up to 99.99 percent within two hours, taken from a filter sample. (healthcarebusinesstoday.com)
  • T4 bacteriophage is a large- sized viruses. (zoologytalks.com)
  • Viruses are divided into 3 types based on the type of host they attack, bacteriophages, plant viruses and animal viruses. (zoologytalks.com)
  • Bacteriophages may have a lytic cycle or a lysogenic cycle , but a few viruses are capable of carrying out both. (wikidoc.org)
  • 1,0μm size) and phi-X 174 bacteriophage virus (approx. (kmkristaly.hu)
  • Intertek has demonstrated PECO technology's ability to reduce the concentration of Phi X 174 (a proxy virus to SARS-CoV-2) by 98.7 percent in two hours. (healthcarebusinesstoday.com)
  • The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the N (5') terminal region of gene G of bacteriophage phiphiX 174. (wikidata.org)
  • Direct determination of DNA nucleotide sequences: structure of a fragment of bacteriophage phiX172 DNA. (wikidata.org)
  • The structure of the DNA of bacteriophage x-174. (wikidata.org)
  • Several of the bacterial viruses ( bacteriophage ) that infect E. coli also have been very useful for the study of gene structure and gene regulation (e.g. phages Lambda and T4 ). (wikidoc.org)
  • BACTERIOPHAGE T4), and T6, and the phage T5 are called "autonomously virulent" because they cause cessation of all bacterial metabolism on infection. (lookformedical.com)
  • BACTERIOPHAGE T7) are called "dependent virulent" because they depend on continued bacterial metabolism during the lytic cycle. (lookformedical.com)
  • Bacteriophage predation selects for diverse antiphage systems that frequently cluster on mobilizable defense islands in bacterial genomes. (bvsalud.org)
  • We then compare the time of liquid penetration with the time of penetration of two bacteriophages (Phi-X174 and MS2). (nih.gov)
  • The penetration pressure in kPa determined from ISO 16603 is used as the exposure pressure for this test, with a pass, with classification, or fail result.The virus test follows similar protocols to ISO/FDIS 16603, the key difference being that a liquid contaminated with a bacteriophage or virus (Phi-X-174) is used instead of synthetic blood. (chemdefend.co)
  • However, bacteriophages are not organisms because they lack metabolism and depend on functions of the host cells for propagation. (wikidoc.org)
  • One of the important aspects of Kornberg's experiments was the choice of the DNA of a par- ticular type of virus, a bacteriophage called $X 174, or phi ex. (nih.gov)