Isolation and preliminary characterisation of mycoplasmavirus 20-P

Med Biol. 1982 Apr;60(2):116-20.

Abstract

A mycoplasmavirus, MV 20-P, was isolated from the fastidious, slow-growing human mycoplasma 20-P, previously identified by the growth inhibition test as Mycoplasma hominis type 2. Its broth culture was ultracentrifuged into 35% saccharose, the pellet was resuspensed in buffer, and the suspension was dropped onto laws of the virus indicator Acholeplasma laidlawii BCL-13. The virus was washed off the plaque areas by buffer. MV 20-P appeared in electron microscopy as spherical, enveloped particles about 80 nm in diameter. It was sensitive to lipid solvents. These preliminary results indicate that MV 20-P is a MVL2 type mycoplasmavirus and possibly the first of human origin.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adsorption
  • Bacteriophages / isolation & purification*
  • Bacteriophages / physiology
  • Bacteriophages / ultrastructure
  • Chloroform / pharmacology
  • Ether / pharmacology
  • Hot Temperature
  • Mycoplasma*
  • Octoxynol
  • Polyethylene Glycols / pharmacology
  • Ultraviolet Rays
  • Viral Plaque Assay

Substances

  • Ether
  • Polyethylene Glycols
  • Chloroform
  • Octoxynol
  • Nonidet P-40