Group Group I (dsDNA) Family Myoviridae | Order Caudovirales Genus T4-like viruses | |
Species Enterobacteria phage T6 Similar Enterobacteria phage T2, Bacteriophage T5, T3 phage, Myoviridae, Caudovirales | ||
Enterobacteria phage T6 is a bacteriophage that infects Escherichia coli bacteria. It was one bacteriophage that was used as a model system in the 1950s in exploring the methods viruses replicate, along with the other T-even bacteriophages: Enterobacteria phage T4 and Enterobacteria phage T2.
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