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Leviviridae
Medical Definition: | A family of bacteriophages that infects enterobacteria, CAULOBACTER, and PSEUDOMONAS. The genome consists of linear, positive-sense single-stranded RNA. |
Guide Notes: | coord with specific bacterium /virol |
Also Called: | Caulobacter phage phi Cb12r,Caulobacter phage phi Cb23r,Caulobacter phage phi Cb5,Caulobacter phage phi Cb8r,Phage Mu 2,Pseudomonas phage 7s |
Allolevivirus - A bacteriophage genus of the family LEVIVIRIDAE, whose viruses contain the longer version of the genome and have no separate cell lysis gene. | |
Levivirus - A bacteriophage genus of the family LEVIVIRIDAE, whose viruses contain the short version of the genome and have a separate gene for cell lysis. |
Leviviridae Medical Definitions and Terms
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