Enterobacteria phage T6
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| Enterobacteria phage T6 | |
|---|---|
Virus classification  | |
| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Duplodnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Heunggongvirae |
| Phylum: | Uroviricota |
| Class: | Caudoviricetes |
| Order: | Caudovirales |
| Family: | Myoviridae |
| Genus: | Tequatrovirus |
| Species: | |
| Strain: | Enterobacteria phage T6 |
Enterobacteria phage T6 is a bacteriophage strain that infects Escherichia coli bacteria. It was one bacteriophage that was used as a model system in the 1950s in exploring the methods viruses replicate, along with the other T-even bacteriophages (which build up virus species Escherichia virus T4, a member of genus T4virus according to ICTV nomenclature):[1] Enterobacteria phage T2, Enterobacteria phage T4 and Enterobacteria phage T2.[2]
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