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Lactococcus virus P008

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Lactococcus virus P008
Virus classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Virus
Realm: Duplodnaviria
Kingdom: Heunggongvirae
Phylum: Uroviricota
Class: Caudoviricetes
Order: Caudovirales
Family: Siphoviridae
Genus: Sk1virus
Species:
Lactococcus virus P008

Lactococcus virus P008 is a phage specific to Lactococcus lactis, a lactic acid bacteria used in the first stage of making cheese. P008 and related species are responsible for important loss each year in cheese factories.[1]

References

  1. ^ Coffey A, Ross RP (2002). "Bacteriophage-resistance systems in dairy starter strains: molecular analysis to application". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 82 (1–4): 303–21. doi:10.1023/A:1020639717181. PMID 12369198.