 Mycobacteriophage

A mycobacteriophage is a member of a group of bacteriophages known to have mycobacteria as host bacterial species.While originally isolated from the bacterial species "Mycobacterium smegmatis" and "Mycobacterium tuberculosis", the causative agent of tuberculosis, more than 4,200 mycobacteriophage have since been isolated from various environmental and clinical sources.