Filamentous phage

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A filamentous phage is a type of bacteriophage shaped like a rod filament. Filamentous phages usually contain a genome of single-stranded DNA and infect Gram-negative bacteria.

[edit] Types of filamentous phage

• Ff phages - these infect E. coli that carry the F episome
  • M13 bacteriophage
  • f1 phage
  • fd phage
  • Ike phage
• N1 phage

[edit] References

J Bacteriol 185(8):2628

J Bacteriol 180(12):3245

J Virol 63(8):3284