Biology:Enterobacteria phage T6

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Short description: Species of virus


Enterobacteria phage T6
Virus classification e
(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]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16920734 entry