TABLE 2.
Method of isolation, morphological characteristics, and genome size of vibriophages isolated from Danish aquaculture farms and phage KVP40 (Japan)
| Family | Phage | Isolation protocola | Genome size (kb) | Host | Head diam (nm) | Head length (nm) | Tail diam (nm) | Tail length (nm) | Reference or source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myoviridae | KVP40 | Unknown | 242 | PF430-3 | 76 | 120 | 30 | 120 | 32 |
| Myoviridae | ΦH1 | II | 194 | 4299 | 107 | 129 | 19 | 233 | This study |
| Myoviridae | ΦH7 | II | 194 | 90-11-286 | 117 | 129 | 22 | 226 | This study |
| Myoviridae | ΦS4-7 | I | 145 | VSP10 | 81 | 80 | 26 | 58 | This study |
| Myoviridae | ΦH4 | II | 95 | 90-11-287 | 72 | 80 | 22 | 229 | This study |
| Myoviridae | ΦH5 | II | 95 | 51/82/2 | 63 | 77 | 24 | 222 | This study |
| Siphoviridae | ΦH8 | I | 50 | T265 | 114 | 127 | 19 | 237 | This study |
| Siphoviridae | ΦH20 | I | 50 | BA35 | 54 | 65 | 12 | 144 | This study |
| Podoviridae | ΦS4-18 | I | 45 | VA1 | 63 | 64 | 12 | 13 | This study |
| Podoviridae | Φ2E-1 | II | 42 | VSP8 | 53 | 46 | 8 | 10 | This study |
| Podoviridae | ΦH2 | II | 11 | A023 | 89 | 82 | 15 | 32 | This study |
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I, phage isolation method using a single enrichment step with a mixture of potential host strains; II, phage isolation method using two steps of enrichments with a single strain. For further information, see Materials and Methods.