Mycobacterium virus D29 (D29) is a cluster A mycobacteriophage. It was discovered in 1954 by S. Froman.

Viral classification

Mycobacterium virus D29 is a ''

Caudoviricetes ''Caudoviricetes'' is a class of viruses known as tailed viruses and head-tail viruses (''cauda'' is Latin for "tail"). It is the sole representative of its own phylum, ''Uroviricota'' (from ''ouros'' (ουρος), a Greek word for "tailed" + ...

'' virus belonging to the '' Fromanvirus'' genus.

Tropism

D29 can infect a large variety of mycobacteria.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q24808302 Siphoviridae