Lactococcus virus P008
Species of virus
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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]
| Lactococcus virus P008 | |
|---|---|
Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Duplodnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Heunggongvirae |
| Phylum: | Uroviricota |
| Class: | Caudoviricetes |
| Order: | Caudovirales (abolished 2021) |
| Family: | Siphoviridae |
| Genus: | Sk1virus |
| Species: | Lactococcus virus P008 |
