DESCRIPTION OF VIRUSES

Family Podoviridae

Figure Gallery

Figure Gallery

Figure 1 (Left) Enterobacteria phage T7 (T7) in section. (Modified from Eiserling, F.A. (1979). Bacteriophage structure. In: Fraenkel-Conrat, H., Wagner, R.R. (eds). Comprehensive Virology, Vol 13. Plenum Press, New York, p. 543. With permission.) The bar represents 50  nm. (Right) Negative contrast electron micrograph of Enterobacteria phage T7 (T7), stained with phosphotungstate. The bar represents 100  nm.

Figure 2 Simplified genetic map of Enterobacteria phage T7 (T7). (Redrawn after Freifelder, D. (1983). Molecular Biology. Science Books International, Boston, and Van Nostrand Reynolds, New York, p. 630.)