Family: Inoviridae

Genus: Tertilicivirus

 

Distinguishing features

Virions of Pseudomonas phage Pf3 are about 700 nm long and 7 nm wide and adhere to the conjugative RP4 pili of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The phage genome is 5,833 nt long, encodes 9 proteins and persists extra-chromosomally in the bacterial host (Newman et al., 1982, Luiten et al., 1985). 

Virion

See discussion under family description

Genome organisation and replication

See discussion under family description

Biology

Members of the genus infect Pseudomonas aeruginosa. 

Species demarcation criteria

There is only one species in the genus. Members of additional species will be >5% different in the DNA sequence of their genomes as assessed using the BLASTn algorithm.