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Characterization of a Vibrio cholerae phage isolated from the coastal water of Peru
Author(s) -
Talledo Miguel,
Rivera Irma N. G.,
Lipp Erin K.,
Neale Angela,
Karaolis David,
Huq Anwar,
R. Colwell Rita
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.954
H-Index - 188
eISSN - 1462-2920
pISSN - 1462-2912
DOI - 10.1046/j.1462-2920.2003.00411.x
Subject(s) - vibrio cholerae , biology , myoviridae , bacteriophage , microbiology and biotechnology , seawater , temperateness , phage typing , vibrionaceae , vibrio , temperate climate , cholera , bacteria , serotype , gene , escherichia coli , ecology , genetics
Summary A Vibrio cholerae bacteriophage, family Myoviridae, was isolated from seawater collected from the coastal water of Lima, Peru. Genome size was estimated to be 29 kbp. The temperate phage was specific to V. cholerae and infected 12/13 V. cholerae O1 strains and half of the four non‐O1/non‐O139 strains tested in this study. Vibrio cholerae O139 strains were resistant to infection and highest infection rates were obtained in low nutrient media amended with NaCl or prepared using seawater as diluent.