A corynebacteriophage (or just corynephage) is a DNA-containing

bacteriophage A bacteriophage (), also known informally as a ''phage'' (), is a duplodnaviria virus that infects and replicates within bacteria and archaea. The term was derived from "bacteria" and the Greek φαγεῖν ('), meaning "to devour". Bacteri ...

specific for bacteria of genus ''

Corynebacterium ''Corynebacterium'' () is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria and most are aerobe, aerobic. They are bacillus (shape), bacilli (rod-shaped), and in some phases of life they are, more specifically, club (weapon), club-shaped, which inspired the gen ...

'' as its host.NCBI
Corynephages
(list) ''Corynebacterium diphtheriae virus''NCBI
Corynebacterium diphtheriae virus/phage
(species) strain Corynebacterium diphtheriae phage (aka Corynephage βNCBI
Corynephage beta
(species) or just β-phage) introduces toxigenicity into strains of ''

Corynebacterium diphtheriae ''Corynebacterium diphtheriae'' is the pathogenic bacterium that causes diphtheria. It is also known as the Klebs–Löffler bacillus, because it was discovered in 1884 by German bacteriologists Edwin Klebs (1834–1912) and Friedrich Löffl ...

'' as it encodes

diphtheria toxin Diphtheria toxin is an exotoxin secreted by '' Corynebacterium diphtheriae'', the pathogenic bacterium that causes diphtheria. The toxin gene is encoded by a prophageA prophage is a virus that has inserted itself into the genome of the host ...

,TABLE 1. Bacterial virulence properties altered by bacteriophages
from L. P. Johnson, M. A. Tomai, P. M. Schlievert
Bacteriophage Involvement in Group A Streptococcal Pyrogenic Exotoxin A Production
In: Journal Of Bacteriology, Volume 166, No. 2, May 1986, pp 623-627 SIB
Viral exotoxin
Expasy: ViralZone. Accessed 18 Feb 2021SIB
Modulation of host virulence by virus
Expasy: ViralZone. Accessed 18 Feb 2021 it has subtypes beta c and beta vir. According to proposed taxonomic classification, corynephages β and ω are unclassified members of the genus ''

Lambdavirus ''Lambdavirus'' (synonyms ''Lambda-like viruses'', ''Lambda-like phages'', ''Lambda phage group'', ''Lambda phage'') is a genus of viruses in the order ''Caudovirales'', in the family ''Siphoviridae''. Bacteria serve as natural hosts, with transm ...

'', family ''

Siphoviridae ''Siphoviridae'' is a family of double-stranded DNA viruses in the order ''Caudovirales''. Bacteria and archaea serve as natural hosts. There are 1,166 species in this family, assigned to 366 genera and 22 subfamilies. The characteristic structu ...

''.NCBI
Corynephage omega
(species)

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