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Representative species M13 bacteriophage, Filamentous bacteriophage fd, F1 phage, Ff phages |
A filamentous bacteriophage is a type of bacteriophage, or virus of bacteria, defined by its filament-like or rod-like shape. Filamentous phages usually contain a genome of single-stranded DNA and infect Gram-negative bacteria.
Types of filamentous phage
References
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