Group Group II (ssDNA) Genus Inovirus Rank Species | Family Inoviridae Higher classification Inovirus | |
Similar M13 bacteriophage, Phi X 174, Lambda phage, T7 phage, Enterobacteria phage T4 | ||
Filamentous bacteriophage fd is a type of filamentous bacteriophage known to infect Escherichia coli. It shares many structural and genomic similarities with Enterobacteria phage M13.
Phage fd engineered to display immunogenic peptides may be useful as vaccines.
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