The Inoviridae are a family of filamentous bacteriophages—viruses infecting bacteria. The name of the family is derived from the Greek nos, meaning muscle. ==Virology== The virions are non-enveloped, rod-shaped and filamentous. The capsid has a helical symmetry and in general has a length of 85–280 nm or 760–1950 nm and a width of 10–16 nm...
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A family of rod-shaped or filamentous bacteriophages consisting of single-stranded DNA. There are two genera: inovirus and plectrovirus. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
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Type: Term Pronunciation: in′ō-vir′i-dē Definitions: 1. A family of filamentous viruses that infect gram-negative bacteria with a genome of single-stranded DNA (MW 1.9-2.7 ׀ 106). Coliphage fd, the type species of the fd phage group genus, adsorbs to the tips of pili of male enterobacteria and, after multiplication, part...
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