Bacteriophage f2 | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Lenarviricota |
Class: | Leviviricetes |
Order: | Norzivirales |
Family: | Fiersviridae |
Genus: | Emesvirus |
Species: | |
Strain: | Bacteriophage f2
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Bacteriophage f2 is an icosahedral, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli. [1] It is closely related to bacteriophage MS2 and assigned to the same species. [2]
f2 was the first RNA-containing bacteriophage to be isolated, reported in 1961. [3] Tim Loeb and Norton Zinder searched for and discovered two phages in filtered samples of raw New York City sewage that grew on male (F+) but not female (F−) E. coli. The first phage was f1, which produced cloudy plaques; the second phage was f2, which produced clear plaques. [1]
Bacteriophage f2 | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Lenarviricota |
Class: | Leviviricetes |
Order: | Norzivirales |
Family: | Fiersviridae |
Genus: | Emesvirus |
Species: | |
Strain: | Bacteriophage f2
|
Bacteriophage f2 is an icosahedral, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli. [1] It is closely related to bacteriophage MS2 and assigned to the same species. [2]
f2 was the first RNA-containing bacteriophage to be isolated, reported in 1961. [3] Tim Loeb and Norton Zinder searched for and discovered two phages in filtered samples of raw New York City sewage that grew on male (F+) but not female (F−) E. coli. The first phage was f1, which produced cloudy plaques; the second phage was f2, which produced clear plaques. [1]