Enterobacteria phage T6 is a

bacteriophage A bacteriophage (), also known informally as a phage (), is a virus that infects and replicates within bacteria. The term is derived . Bacteriophages are composed of proteins that Capsid, encapsulate a DNA or RNA genome, and may have structu ...

strain that infects ''

Escherichia coli ''Escherichia coli'' ( )Wells, J. C. (2000) Longman Pronunciation Dictionary. Harlow ngland Pearson Education Ltd. is a gram-negative, facultative anaerobic, rod-shaped, coliform bacterium of the genus '' Escherichia'' that is commonly fo ...

'' 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 Escherichia virus T4 is a species of bacteriophages that infect ''Escherichia coli'' bacteria. It is a double-stranded DNA virus in the subfamily '' Tevenvirinae'' of the family '' Straboviridae''. T4 is capable of undergoing only a lytic li ...

'', a member of genus '' T4virus'' according to ICTV nomenclature):

Enterobacteria phage T2 Enterobacteria phage T2 is a virus that infects and kills '' E. coli''. It is in the genus '' Tequatrovirus'', and the family '' Myoviridae''. Its genome consists of linear double-stranded DNA, with repeats at either end. The phage is covered ...

Enterobacteria phage T4 Escherichia virus T4 is a species of bacteriophages that infect ''Escherichia coli'' bacteria. It is a double-stranded DNA virus in the subfamily '' Tevenvirinae'' of the family '' Straboviridae''. T4 is capable of undergoing only a lytic li ...

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