Physiological properties and genome structure of the hyperthermophilic filamentous phage φOH3 which infects <i>Thermus thermophilu</i>s HB8

A filamentous bacteriophage, φOH3, was isolated from hot spring sediment in Obama hot spring in Japan with the hyperthermophilic bacterium <i>Thermus thermophilus</i> HB8 as its host. Phage φOH3, which was classified into the <i>Inoviridae</i> family, consists of a flexible f...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Yuko eNagayoshi, Kenta eKumagae, Kazuki eMori, Kosuke eTashiro, Ayano eNakamura, Yasuhiro eFujino, Yasuaki eHiromasa, Takeo eIwamoto, Satoru eKuhara, Toshihisa eOhshima, Katsumi eDoi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-02-01
Subjects:	Inoviridae Thermus thermophilus filamentous phage Replicative form Hyperthermophilic phage
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00050/full