Listeria phage P100
| Listeria phage P100 | |
|---|---|
| Virus classification | |
| Group: | Group I (dsDNA) |
| Family: | Myoviridae |
| Subfamily: | Spounavirinae |
| Genus: | Twortlikevirus |
| Species: | Listeria phage P100 |
Listeria phage P100 is a virus of the family Myoviridae, genus Twortlikevirus.[1][2]
As a member of the group I of the Baltimore classification, Listeria phage P100 is a dsDNA viruses. All the Myoviridae family members share a nonenveloped morphology consisting of a head and a tail separated by a neck. Its genome is linear. The propagation of the virions includes the attaching to a host cell (a bacteria, as Listeria phage P100 is a bacteriophage) and the injection of the double stranded DNA; the host transcribes and translates it to manufacture new particles. To replicate its genetic content requires host cell DNA polymerases and, hence, the process is highly dependent on the cell cycle.[3]
Its genome contains 131,384 base pairs that encode 174 open reading frames and 18 tRNAs. Listeria phage P100 has been proposed as food additive to control Listeria monocytogenes.[4]
References
- ↑ International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) (2011). "Master Species List of 2011, version 2". Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ↑ Adams, MJ; Carstens, EB (2012). "Ratification vote on taxonomic proposals to the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (2012)". Archives of Virology 157 (7): 1411–22. doi:10.1007/s00705-012-1299-6. PMID 22481600.
- ↑ Baltimore, D (1971). "Expression of animal virus genomes". Bacteriological reviews 35 (3): 235–41. PMC 378387. PMID 4329869.
- ↑ Carlton, RM; Noordman, WH; Biswas, B; De Meester, ED; Loessner, MJ (2005). "Bacteriophage P100 for control of Listeria monocytogenes in foods: Genome sequence, bioinformatic analyses, oral toxicity study, and application". Regulatory toxicology and pharmacology 43 (3): 301–12. doi:10.1016/j.yrtph.2005.08.005. PMID 16188359.