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Filamentous bacteriophage

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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

  • Ff phages - these infect E. coli that carry the F episome.
  • M13 bacteriophage
  • f1 phage
  • fd phage

    • References

    Filamentous bacteriophage Wikipedia
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