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Nature of Genome:
General Host Type:
Morphology:

dsDNA
Bacteria, Archaea
not enveloped, tailed phage

Order
Family

02.  Caudovirales
02.043.  Myoviridae


 

Taxonomic Structure of the Family
  Family         02.043. Myoviridae
Genus                      02.043.0.01. "T4-like viruses"
Genus                      02.043.0.02. "P1-like viruses"
Genus                      02.043.0.03. "P2-like viruses"
Genus                      02.043.0.04. "Mu-like viruses"
Genus                      02.043.0.05. "SPO1-like viruses"
Genus                      02.043.0.06. "ϕH-like viruses"
Genus                      02.043.0.07. "PBS1-like viruses"
Genus                      02.043.0.00. unassigned


Genus

02.043.0.01.   "T4-like viruses"

Type Species

02.043.0.01.001.     Enterobacteria phage T4

List of Species Demarcation Criteria in the Genus

Species differ in host range, capsid length, serological properties, and, insofar as known, DNA homology and amino acid sequences. Capsid length is 137 nm for Aeromonas phage Aeh1 (Aeh1) and Vibrio phage nt-1 (nt-1) and 111 nm for a number of other species. Phage T4 and Enterobacteria phage SV14 (Sv14) are in different hybridization groups.

List of Species in the Genus

The ICTVdB virus code and the viruses. Official virus species names are in italics. Tentative virus species names, alternative names ( ), isolates, strains, serotypes, subspecies, or rejected names are not italicized.
 
Virus codes, virus names, genome sequence accession numbers [ ] and assigned abbreviations ( ), are:

Species, their serotypes, strains and isolates

02.043.0.01.024.

Acinetobacter phage 133

02.043.0.01.024.00.001.

    Acinetobacter phage 133

(133)

02.043.0.01.002.

Aeromonas phage 44RR2.8t

02.043.0.01.002.00.001.

    Aeromonas phage 44RR2.8t

[AY375531]

(44RR2.8t)

02.043.0.01.002.

    (Aeromonas phage 40R)

02.043.0.01.002.

    (Aeromonas phage 44R)

02.043.0.01.002.00.001.

    (Aeromonas phage 40RR2.8t)

[AY375531]

(40RR2.8t)

02.043.0.01.038.

Aeromonas phage 65

02.043.0.01.038.00.001.

    Aeromonas phage 65

(65)

02.043.0.01.004.

Aeromonas phage Aeh1

02.043.0.01.004.00.001.

    Aeromonas phage Aeh1

(Aeh1)

02.043.0.01.027.

Enterobacteria phage SV14

02.043.0.01.027.00.002.

    Enterobacteria phage D2A

(D2A)

02.043.0.01.027.00.003.

    Enterobacteria phage D8

(D8)

02.043.0.01.027.00.001.

    Enterobacteria phage SV14

(SV14)

02.043.0.01.005.

Enterobacteria phage T4

02.043.0.01.005.00.008.

    Enterobacteria phage C16

(C16)

02.043.0.01.005.00.009.

    Enterobacteria phage F10

(F10)

02.043.0.01.005.00.010.

    Enterobacteria phage Fsα

(Fsα)

02.043.0.01.005.00.010.

    (Enterobacteria phage Fs alpha)

(Fs alpha)

02.043.0.01.005.00.011.

    Enterobacteria phage PST

(PST)

02.043.0.01.005.00.002.

    Enterobacteria phage SKII

(SKII)

02.043.0.01.005.00.003.

    Enterobacteria phage SKV

(SKV)

02.043.0.01.005.00.004.

    Enterobacteria phage SKX

(SKX)

02.043.0.01.005.00.005.

    Enterobacteria phage SV3

(SV3)

02.043.0.01.005.00.006.

    Enterobacteria phage T2

(T2)

02.043.0.01.005.00.001.

    Enterobacteria phage T4

[AF158101]

(T4)

02.043.0.01.005.00.007.

    Enterobacteria phage T6

(T6)

02.043.0.01.025.

Pseudomonas phage 42

02.043.0.01.025.00.001.

    Pseudomonas phage 42

(42)

02.043.0.01.025.

    (Burkholderia phage 42)

(42)

02.043.0.01.026.

Vibrio phage nt-1

02.043.0.01.026.00.001.

    Vibrio phage nt-1

(nt-1)

02.043.0.01.026.00.002.

    Vibrio phage KVP20

(KVP20)

02.043.0.01.026.00.003.

    Vibrio phage KVP40

[AY283928]

(KVP40)














































Tentative Species in the Genus

02.043.0.81.022.

Acinetobacter phage E4

(E4)

02.043.0.81.023.

Acinetobacter phage E5

(E5)

02.043.0.81.035.

Aeromonas phage 1

(Aer1)

02.043.0.81.036.

Aeromonas phage 25

(25)

02.043.0.81.037.

Aeromonas phage 31

(31)

02.043.0.81.034.

Enterobacteria phage 1 (Phage aeI)

[AF222003]

(ae1)

02.043.0.81.034.

  (Enterobacteria phage 1)

[AF222003]

(ae1)

02.043.0.81.017.

Enterobacteria phage 11F

(11F)

02.043.0.81.014.

Enterobacteria phage 3

(3)

02.043.0.81.015.

Enterobacteria phage 3T+

(3T+)

02.043.0.81.018.

Enterobacteria phage 50

(50)

02.043.0.81.020.

Enterobacteria phage 5845

(5845)

02.043.0.81.019.

Enterobacteria phage 66F

(66F)

02.043.0.81.021.

Enterobacteria phage 8893

(8893)

02.043.0.81.016.

Enterobacteria phage 9/0

(36770)

02.043.0.81.013.

Enterobacteria phage α1

(α1)

02.043.0.81.013.

  (Enterobacteria phage alpha1)

(alpha1)

02.043.0.81.009.

Enterobacteria phage DdVI

(DdV1)

02.043.0.81.032.

Enterobacteria phage F7

(F7)

02.043.0.81.033.

Enterobacteria phage Kl3

(K13)

02.043.0.81.028.

Enterobacteria phage RB42

(RB42)

02.043.0.81.029.

Enterobacteria phage RB43

(RB43)

02.043.0.81.030.

Enterobacteria phage RB49

(RB49)

02.043.0.81.031.

Enterobacteria phage RB69

[AY303349]

(RB69)

02.043.0.81.011.

Enterobacteria phage SMB

(SMB)

02.043.0.81.012.

Enterobacteria phage SMP2

(SMP2)


































Genus

02.043.0.02.   "P1-like viruses"

Type Species

02.043.0.02.001.     Enterobacteria phage P1

List of Species Demarcation Criteria in the Genus

Species differ in host range and tail length (phage P1, 228 nm; phage PID, 240 nm; and phage 43, 170 nm).

List of Species in the Genus

The ICTVdB virus code and the viruses. Official virus species names are in italics. Tentative virus species names, alternative names ( ), isolates, strains, serotypes, subspecies, or rejected names are not italicized.
 
Virus codes, virus names, genome sequence accession numbers [ ] and assigned abbreviations ( ), are:

Species, their serotypes, strains and isolates

02.043.0.02.007.

Aeromonas phage 43

02.043.0.02.007.00.001.

    Aeromonas phage 43

(43)

02.043.0.02.001.

Enterobacteria phage P1

02.043.0.02.001.00.001.

    Enterobacteria phage P1

(P1)

02.043.0.02.001.00.002.

    Enterobacteria phage P1D

(P1D)

02.043.0.02.001.00.003.

    Enterobacteria phage P7

(P7)









Tentative Species in the Genus

02.043.0.82.010.

Acetobacter phage pKG-2

(pKG-2)

02.043.0.82.011.

Acetobacter phage pKG-3

(pKG-3)

02.043.0.82.002.

Enterobacteria phage D6

(D6)

02.043.0.82.006.

Enterobacteria phage ϕW39

(ϕW39)

02.043.0.82.006.

  (Enterobacteria phage phiW39)

(phiW39)

02.043.0.82.003.

Enterobacteria phage j2

(j2)

02.043.0.82.012.

Pseudomonas phage PP8

(PP8)

02.043.0.82.009.

Vibrio phage ϕVP253

(ϕVP253)

02.043.0.82.009.

  (Vibrio phage phiVP253)

(phiVP253)

02.043.0.82.008.

Vibrio phage P147

(P147)















Genus

02.043.0.03.   "P2-like viruses"

Type Species

02.043.0.03.001.     Enterobacteria phage P2

List of Species Demarcation Criteria in the Genus

Species differ in host range and DNA homology.

List of Species in the Genus

The ICTVdB virus code and the viruses. Official virus species names are in italics. Tentative virus species names, alternative names ( ), isolates, strains, serotypes, subspecies, or rejected names are not italicized.
 
Virus codes, virus names, genome sequence accession numbers [ ] and assigned abbreviations ( ), are:

Species, their serotypes, strains and isolates

02.043.0.03.001.

Enterobacteria phage P2

02.043.0.03.001.00.001.

    Enterobacteria phage P2

[AF063097]

(P2)

02.043.0.03.007.

Haemophilus phage HP1

02.043.0.03.007.00.001.

    Haemophilus phage HP1, strain HP1c1

[U24159]

(HP1)

02.043.0.03.007.00.002.

    Haemophilus phage S2

(S2)









Tentative Species in the Genus

02.043.0.83.008.

Aeromonas phage 29

(29)

02.043.0.83.009.

Aeromonas phage 37

(37)

02.043.0.83.010.

Agrobacterium phage PIIBNV6

(PIIBNV6)

02.043.0.83.011.

Caulobacter phage ΦCr24

(ΦCr24)

02.043.0.83.011.

    (Caulobacter phage PhiCr24)

(PhiCr24)

02.043.0.83.005.

Enterobacteria phage 186

[U32222]

(186)

02.043.0.83.006.

Enterobacteria phage 299

(299)

02.043.0.83.002.

Enterobacteria phage Beccles

(Beccles)

02.043.0.83.003.

Enterobacteria phage Pk2

(Pk)

02.043.0.83.004.

Enterobacteria phage Wϕ

(Wϕ)

02.043.0.83.004.

    (Enterobacteria phage Wphi)

(Wphi)

02.043.0.83.040.

Haemophilus phage HP2

[AY027935]

(HP2)

02.043.0.83.040.

    (Haemophilus influenzae phage HP2)

[AY027935]

(HP2)

02.043.0.83.012.

Pasteurella phage AU

(AU)

02.043.0.83.013.

Pseudomonas phage ϕCTX

[AB008550]

(ϕCTX)

02.043.0.83.013.

    (Pseudomonas phage phiCTX)

[AB008550]

(phiCTX)

02.043.0.83.014.

Pseudomonas phage PsP3

(PsP3)

02.043.0.83.016.

Rhizobium phage ϕgal-1/R

(ϕgal-1/R)

02.043.0.83.016.

    (Rhizobium phage phigal-1/R)

(phigal-1/R)

02.043.0.83.015.

Rhizobium phage WT1

(WT1)

02.043.0.83.038.

Salmonella phage Fels-2

(Fels-2)

02.043.0.83.039.

Vibrio phage K139

[AF125163]

(K139)

02.043.0.83.017.

Vibrio phage X29

(X29)































Genus

02.043.0.04.   "Mu-like viruses"

Type Species

02.043.0.04.001.     Enterobacteria phage Mu

List of Species Demarcation Criteria in the Genus

Not applicable.

List of Species in the Genus

The ICTVdB virus code and the viruses. Official virus species names are in italics. Tentative virus species names, alternative names ( ), isolates, strains, serotypes, subspecies, or rejected names are not italicized.
 
Virus codes, virus names, genome sequence accession numbers [ ] and assigned abbreviations ( ), are:

Species, their serotypes, strains and isolates

02.043.0.04.001.

Enterobacteria phage Mu

02.043.0.04.001.00.002.

    Enterobacteria phage D108

(D108)

02.043.0.04.001.

Enterobacteria phage Mu

02.043.0.04.001.00.001.

    Enterobacteria phage Mu

[AF083977]

(Mu)

02.043.0.04.001.00.001.

    (Enterobacteria phage Mu-1)

[AF083977]

(Mu-1)









Tentative Species in the Genus

02.043.0.84.005.

Pseudomonas phage B3

(B3)

02.043.0.84.006.

Pseudomonas phage B39

(B39)

02.043.0.84.004.

Pseudomonas phage D3112

(D3112)

02.043.0.84.007.

Pseudomonas phage PM69

(PM69)

02.043.0.84.003.

Vibrio phage VcA3

(VcA3)









Genus

02.043.0.05.   "SPO1-like viruses"

Type Species

02.043.0.05.001.     Bacillus phage SPO1

List of Species Demarcation Criteria in the Genus

Not applicable.

List of Species in the Genus

The ICTVdB virus code and the viruses. Official virus species names are in italics. Tentative virus species names, alternative names ( ), isolates, strains, serotypes, subspecies, or rejected names are not italicized.
 
Virus codes, virus names, genome sequence accession numbers [ ] and assigned abbreviations ( ), are:

Species, their serotypes, strains and isolates

02.043.0.05.001.

Bacillus phage SPO1

02.043.0.05.001.00.001.

    Bacillus phage SPO1

(SPO1)

02.043.0.05.001.00.002.

    Bacillus phage SP8

(SP8)

02.043.0.05.001.00.003.

    Bacillus phage SP82

(SP82)







Tentative Species in the Genus

02.043.0.85.002.

Bacillus phage AR1

(AR1)

02.043.0.85.003.

Bacillus phage GS1

(GS1)

02.043.0.85.004.

Bacillus phage I9

(I9)

02.043.0.85.005.

Bacillus phage NLP-1

(NLP-1)

02.043.0.85.006.

Bacillus phage SP5

(SP5)

02.043.0.85.006.

  (Bacillus phage SP5C)

(Sp5)

02.043.0.85.009.

Bacillus phage SW

(SW)

02.043.0.85.010.

Bacillus phage ϕe

(ϕe)

02.043.0.85.010.

  (Bacillus phage phie)

(phie)

02.043.0.85.011.

Bacillus phage ϕ25

(ϕ25)

02.043.0.85.011.

  (Bacillus phage phi25)

(phi25)

02.043.0.85.012.

Bacillus phage 2C

[X75889]

(2C)

02.043.0.85.013.

Lactobacillus phage 222a

(222a)


















Genus

02.043.0.06.   "ϕH-like viruses" (phiH-like viruses)

Type Species

02.043.0.06.001.     Halobacterium phage ϕH

List of Species Demarcation Criteria in the Genus

Not applicable.

List of Species in the Genus

The ICTVdB virus code and the viruses. Official virus species names are in italics. Tentative virus species names, alternative names ( ), isolates, strains, serotypes, subspecies, or rejected names are not italicized.
 
Virus codes, virus names, genome sequence accession numbers [ ] and assigned abbreviations ( ), are:

Species, their serotypes, strains and isolates

02.043.0.06.001.

Halobacterium phage ϕH

(ϕH)

02.043.0.06.001.

    (Halobacterium phage phiH)

(phiH)





Tentative Species in the Genus

02.043.0.86.002.

Halobacterium phage Hs1

(Hs1)




Genus

02.043.0.07.   PBS1-like Viruses (proposed)

Type Species

02.043.0.07.001.      Bacillus phage PBS1

List of Species Demarcation Criteria in the Genus

Not applicable.

List of Species in the Genus

The ICTVdB virus code and the viruses. Official virus species names are in italics. Tentative virus species names, alternative names ( ), isolates, strains, serotypes, subspecies, or rejected names are not italicized.
 
Virus codes, virus names, genome sequence accession numbers [ ] and assigned abbreviations ( ), are:

Species, their serotypes, strains and isolates

02.043.0.07.001.

Bacillus phage PBS1

(PBS1)

02.043.0.07.001.00.001.

    Bacillus phage PBS1

(PBS1)





Tentative Species in the Genus

02.043.0.87.002.

Bacillus phage AR9

(AR9)

02.043.0.87.003.

Bacillus phage 110

(110)

02.043.0.87.004.

Bacillus phage PMB12

(PMB12)

02.043.0.87.005.

Bacillus phage 3NT

(3NT)







List of Unassigned Viruses in the Family

02.043.0.00.001.

Acinetobacter phage A3/2

(A3/2)

02.043.0.00.002.

Acinetobacter phage A10/45

(A10/45)

02.043.0.00.003.

Acinetobacter phage BS46

(BS46)

02.043.0.00.004.

Acinetobacter phage E14

(E14)

02.043.0.00.005.

Actinomycetes phage SK1

(SK1)

02.043.0.00.006.

Actinomycetes phage 108/106

(108/016)

02.043.0.00.007.

Aeromonas phage Aeh2

(Aeh2)

02.043.0.00.009.

Aeromonas phage 51

(51)

02.043.0.00.010.

Aeromonas phage 59.1

(59.1)

02.043.0.00.011.

Alcaligenes phage A6

(A6)

02.043.0.00.012.

Bacillus phage Bace-11

(Bace-11)

02.043.0.00.013.

Bacillus phage CP-54

(CP-54)

02.043.0.00.014.

Bacillus phage G

(G)

02.043.0.00.015.

Bacillus phage MP13

(MP13)

02.043.0.00.059.

Bacillus phage PBS1

(PBS1)

02.043.0.07.001.

Bacillus phage PBS1

(PBS1)

02.043.0.00.017.

Bacillus phage SP3

(SP3)

02.043.0.00.018.

Bacillus phage SP10

(SP10)

02.043.0.00.019.

Bacillus phage SP15

(SP15)

02.043.0.00.020.

Bacillus phage SP50

(SP50)

02.043.0.00.021.

Bacillus phage Spy-2

(Spy-2)

02.043.0.00.022.

Bacillus phage Spy-3

(Spy-3)

02.043.0.00.023.

Bacillus phage SST

(SST)

02.043.0.00.024.

Clostridium phage HM3

(HM3)

02.043.0.00.025.

Clostridium phage CEβ

(CEβ)

02.043.0.00.025.

  (Clostridium phage Cebeta)

(CEbeta)

02.043.0.00.026.

Coryneform phage A19

(A19)

02.043.0.00.027.

Cyanobacteria phage AS-1

(AS-1)

02.043.0.00.028.

Cyanobacteria phage N1

(N1)

02.043.0.00.029.

Cyanobacteria phage S-6(L)

(S-6’(L))

02.043.0.00.030.

Enterobacteria phage FC3-9

(FC3-9)

02.043.0.00.031.

Enterobacteria phage Kl9

(Kl9)

02.043.0.00.060.

Enterobacteria phage ΦP27

[AJ298298]

(ϕP27)

02.043.0.00.060.

  (Enterobacteria phage PhiP27)

[AJ298298]

(PhiP27)

02.043.0.00.032.

Enterobacteria phage 01

(01)

02.043.0.00.033.

Enterobacteria phage ViI

(ViI)

02.043.0.00.034.

Enterobacteria phage ϕ92

(ϕ92)

02.043.0.00.034.

  Enterobacteria phage phi92

(phi92)

02.043.0.00.035.

Enterobacteria phage 121

(121)

02.043.0.00.036.

Enterobacteria phage 16-19

(16-19)

02.043.0.00.037.

Enterobacteria phage 9266

(9266)

02.043.0.00.061.

Halorubrum phage HF2

[AF222060]

(HF2)

02.043.0.00.038.

Lactobacillus phage fri

(fri)

02.043.0.00.039.

Lactobacillus phage hv

(hv)

02.043.0.00.040.

Lactobacillus phage hw

(hw)

02.043.0.00.041.

Listeria phage A511

(A511)

02.043.0.00.042.

Listeria phage 4211

(4211)

02.043.0.00.043.

Mollicutes phage Br1

(Br1)

02.043.0.00.044.

Mycobacterium phage I3

(I3)

02.043.0.00.062.

Mycobacterium phage Bxz1

[AY129337]

(Bxz1)

02.043.0.00.046.

Pseudomonas phage PB-1

(PB-1)

02.043.0.00.047.

Pseudomonas phage PS17

(PS17)

02.043.0.00.048.

Pseudomonas phage ϕKZ

[AF399011]

(ϕKZ)

02.043.0.00.048.

  Pseudomonas phage phiKZ

[AF399011]

(phiKZ)

02.043.0.00.049.

Pseudomonas phage ϕW-14

(ϕW-14)

02.043.0.00.049.

  Pseudomonas phage phiW-14

(phiW-14)

02.043.0.00.050.

Pseudomonas phage 12S

(12S)

02.043.0.00.051.

Rhizobium phage CM1

(CM1)

02.043.0.00.052.

Rhizobium phage CT4

(CT4)

02.043.0.00.053.

Rhizobium phage m

(m)

02.043.0.00.063.

Shigella phage SfV

[U82619]

(SfV)

02.043.0.00.063.

  Shigella flexneri bacteriophage V

[U82619]

(SfV)

02.043.0.00.054.

Xanthomonas phage XP5

(XP5)

02.043.0.00.055.

Vibrio phage kappa

(kappa)

02.043.0.00.056.

Vibrio phage 06N-22P

(06N-22P)

02.043.0.00.055.

Vibrio phage VP1

(VP1)

02.043.0.00.058.

Vibrio phage II

(II)





















































































Similarity with other Taxa

Tailed bacterial viruses resemble Tectiviridae by the presence of a tail-type of structure for DNA injection, but differ from them by the permanent nature of their tails. Tailed viruses resemble Herpesviridae in morphogenesis (use of scaffolding proteins, packaging of DNA into preformed shells, maturation of procapsids by proteolytic cleavage and capsid expansion) and flow of replication. In addition, temperate tailed phages and Herpesviridae are able to establish latent infections.

Derivation of Names

Myo: from Greek my, myos, "muscle", referring to the contractile tail.

References

Collated from VIIIth ICTV Report

Contributed by

Hendrix, R. W. and Casjens, S. R.

Cite this publication as: Index of Viruses - Myoviridae (2006). In: ICTVdB - The Universal Virus Database, version 4. Büchen-Osmond, C (Ed), Columbia University, New York, USA. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ICTVdb/Ictv/fs_index.htm

Version 4 is based on Virus Taxonomy, Classification and Nomenclature of Viruses, 8th ICTV Report of the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. Fauquet, CM, Mayo, MA, Maniloff, J, Desselberger, U, and Ball, LA (EDS) (2005) Elsevier/Academic Press, pp. 1259.

Additional References

Reference List from the 8th ICTV Report
ICTVdB taxon description
ICTVdB Picture Gallery

Phagothek, electron micrographes of phages.
Images kindly provided by Dr. Hans-Wolfgang Ackermann, Laval University, Quebec, Canada.

References to sequence databases at GenBank and PubMed Central:
PubMed Central References; nucleotide sequences; complete genomes



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