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]

Enterobacteria phage T6
Virus classification
(unranked): Virus
Phylum: incertae sedis
Class: incertae sedis
Order: Caudovirales
Family: Myoviridae
Genus: T4virus
Species: Escherichia virus T4
Strain: Enterobacteria phage T6

References
  1. ICTV master species list 2018a v1
  2. Encyclopædia Britannica
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