ATCC® Number:15597-B1™
Host Organism: Escherichia coli (Migula) Castellani and Chalmers ATCC15597
Designations: MS2
Depositors: JH Strauss
History: ATCC<<--JH Strauss<<--A. Clark
Biosafety Level:1
Shipped: freeze-dried
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Applications: Control Culture [92378] coliphages in water [92490] control strain [89532] [89533] detection of [92385] detection of bacteriophages [92809] testing [92365] [92369]
References : 5425: Strauss H Jr., Sinsheimer RL. Purification and properties of bacteriophage MS2 and of its ribonucleic acid. J. Mol. Biol. 7: 43-54, 1963. PubMed: 13978804 89532: Environmental Protection Agency Male-specific (F+) and Somatic Coliphage in Water by Two-Step Enrichment Procedure. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA Method 1601, 2001 89533: Environmental Protection Agency Male-specific (F+) and Somatic Coliphage in Water by Single Agar Layer (SAL) Procedure. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA Method 1602, 2001 92365: Inactivation of MS2 virus in Drinking Water. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA NSF 02/03/EPADWCTR. 92369: Protocal for Equipment Verification Testing for Physical Removal of Microbiological and Particulate Contaminants. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA 05/9205/EPADWCTR. 92378: USEPA Manuual of Method for Virology, Chapeter 16. Washington, DC:Environmental Protection Agency;EPA EPA 600/4-84/013 (N16), 2001 92385: Water quality--Detection and enumeration of bacteriophages--Part 1: Enumeration of F-specific RNA bacteriophages. Geneva (Switzerland):International Organization for Standardization/ANSI;ISO ISO 10705-1:1995. 92490: 9224 C: Male-specific coliphage assay using Escherichia coli Famp. Washington, DC:American Public Health Association;Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater, 2005 APHA9224 - Detection of Coliphages;. 92809: Water quality --- Detection and enumeration of bacteriophages --- Part 1: Enumeration of F-specific RNA bacteriophages [BS EN ISO 10705-1:2001]. London, UK:British Standards Institution;British Standard BS 6068-4.11:1996.
