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Bacillus phage AP50

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Group
  
Group I (dsDNA)

Family
  
Tectiviridae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Unassigned

Genus
  
Tectivirus

Similar
  
Tectivirus, Bacillus phage phi29, Bacillus weihenstephanensis, Siphoviridae, Bacillus mycoides

Bacillus phage AP50 (formerly Phage AP50) is a species of bacteriophage that infects Bacillus anthracis bacteria. Originally thought to be an RNA phage, it contains a DNA genome of about 14,000 base pairs in an icosahedral capsid with a two-layer capsid shell.

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Bacillus phage AP50 Wikipedia


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