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Bacteriophage f2
Species of virus
Species of virus
Bacteriophage f2 is an icosahedral, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli. It is closely related to bacteriophage MS2 and assigned to the same species.
History
f2 was the first RNA-containing bacteriophage to be isolated, reported in 1961. Tim Loeb and Norton Zinder identified two phages in filtered samples of raw New York City sewage that grew on male (F+) but not on female (F−) E. coli. The first phage f1, produced cloudy plaques, while the second phage, f2, produced clear plaques.
References
References
- (2006). "The Bacteriophages". Oxford University Press.
- (2005). "The Positive Sense Single Stranded RNA Viruses". Virus Taxonomy.
- (1961). "A bacteriophage containing RNA". [[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.
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