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Morphological characteristics of bacteriophage isolatesa
| Family | Phages | Head diam (nm) | Tail
|
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length (nm) | Width (nm) | |||
| Myoviridae 1 | Y4, Y5 | 89 (5) | 166 (25) | 20 (5) |
| Myoviridae 2 | Y10, Y11, Y12, R3, Y20 | 94 (6) | 118 (13) | 28 (4) |
| Siphoviridae | R1, R2 | 73 (4) | 348 (20) | 13 (2) |
The reported measurements represent the mean values determined for each group, followed by the standard deviation in parentheses. Myoviridae morphotypes are described in the text.
