Group Group I (dsDNA) Family Podoviridae Genus Phi29likevirus Higher classification BPP-1-like viruses | Subfamily Picovirinae Rank Species | |
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Similar Caudovirales, Podoviridae, Enterobacteria phage T4, Myoviridae, Siphoviridae | ||
Bacillus phage phi29 (Φ29 phage) belongs to a family of related Bacteriophages which includes, in addition to Φ29, phages PZA, Φ15, BS32, B103, M2Y (M2), Nf and GA-1. These phages, which form part of the Podoviridae family, are the smallest Bacillus phages isolated to date and are among the smallest known dsDNA phages.
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