Global InformationBacteriophage AP205 information
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Lenarviricota |
| Class: | Leviviricetes |
| Order: | Norzivirales |
| Family: | Duinviridae |
| Genus: | Apeevirus |
| Species: | Apeevirus quebecense
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| Virus: | Acinetobacter phage AP205
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Bacteriophage AP205 is a plaque-forming bacteriophage that infects Acinetobacter bacteria.[1][2] Bacteriophage AP205 is a protein-coated virus with a positive single-stranded RNA genome. It is a member of the family Fiersviridae, consisting of particles that infect Gram-negative bacteria such as E. coli.[3]
AP205 was isolated from the gram negative species Acinetobacter.[4] Sewage from Quebec, Canada was scanned for bacteriophages that replicated in Acinetobacter bacteria. AP205 was isolated by enrichment methods from urine by P. J. M. Bouvet.[4] The virus was attached to a pili of Acinetobacter. Using electron microscopy, researchers were able to describe the physical characteristics of AP205.[4]
- ^ Turner D, Ackermann HW, Kropinski AM, Lavigne R, Sutton JM, Reynolds DM (December 2017). "Comparative Analysis of 37 Acinetobacter Bacteriophages". Viruses. 10 (1): 5. doi:10.3390/v10010005. PMC 5795418. PMID 29295549.
- ^ Chamakura KR, Young R (August 2020). "Single-gene lysis in the metagenomic era". Current Opinion in Microbiology. 56: 109–117. doi:10.1016/j.mib.2020.09.015. PMC 7744336. PMID 33075663.
- ^ Shishovs M, Rumnieks J, Diebolder C, Jaudzems K, Andreas LB, Stanek J, et al. (October 2016). "Structure of AP205 Coat Protein Reveals Circular Permutation in ssRNA Bacteriophages". Journal of Molecular Biology. 428 (21): 4267–4279. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2016.08.025. PMID 27591890.
- ^ a b c Klovins J, Overbeek GP, van den Worm SH, Ackermann HW, van Duin J (June 2002). "Nucleotide sequence of a ssRNA phage from Acinetobacter: kinship to coliphages". The Journal of General Virology. 83 (Pt 6): 1523–1533. doi:10.1099/0022-1317-83-6-1523. PMID 12029168.