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Electron micrographs of phages

Table of Contents

Micrographs by
Dr Hans Ackermann		 Department of Microbiology,
Medical Faculty
Laval University, Quebec, Canada.

Phages without tailes

Corticoviridae

MicrographVirus NameVirus GenusHost
Alteromonas phage PM2 Corticovirus Alteromonas espegiana

Cystoviridae

MicrographVirus NameVirus GenusHost
Pseudomonas phage ϕ6 Cystovirus Pseudomonas phaseolicola

Inoviridae

MicrographVirus NameVirus GenusHost
Thermus phage H75 unassigned Inovirus Thermus spec.

Leviviridae

MicrographVirus NameVirus GenusHost
Coliphage MS2 Levivirus Escherichia coli
Coliphage MS2 Levivirus Escherichia coli

Microviridae

MicrographVirus NameVirus GenusHost
Coliphage ϕX174 Microvirus Escherichia coli

Tectiviridae

MicrographVirus NameVirus GenusHost
Thermus phage 37-61 unassigned Thermus spec.

Tailed phages

Myoviridae

MicrographVirus NameVirus GenusHost
Aeromonas phage 31 Aeromonas phages Aeromonas salomicida
Bacillus phage G Bacillus phages Bacillus megaterium
Bacillus phage Bace-11 Bacillus phages Bacillus cereus
Bacillus phage MP13 Bacillus phages Bacillus megaterium
Acinetobacter phage E14 Acinetobacter phages Acinetobacter calcoaceticus
Gluconobacter phage Wer unassigned Gluconobacter spec.
"Killer" phage

defect particle

 unassigned Bacillus subtilis

Podoviridae

MicrographVirus NameVirus GenusHost
Brucella phage Bk "T7-like phages" Brucella abortus
coliphage 2.5A unassigned Escherichia coli
Staphylococcus phage P68 unassigned Staphylococcus aureus
Bacillus phage GA-1 "ϕ29-like phages" Bacillus subtilis
Samonella phage 40.3 unassigned Salmonella spec.
Lactococcus phage KSY1 unassigned Lactococcus spec.

Siphoviridae

MicrographVirus NameVirus GenusHost
Bacillus phage 1A unassigned Bacillus spec.
Staphylococcus phage 6 unassigned Staphylococcus aureus
Bacillus phage θ1 unassigned Bacillus licheniformis
Caulobacter phage ϕCbK unassigned Caulobacter crescentus
Rhizobium phage ϕ3 unassigned Rhizobium meliloti
Listeria phage 5337 unassigned Listeria monocytogenes
Acinetobacter phage B9GP unassigned Acinetobacter calcoaceticus


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