TABLE 6.
Morphological features of eight selected phages isolated from a commercial sauerkraut fermentationa
| Phage | Family | Head diam (nm) | Tail
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Length (nm) | Width (nm) | |||
| φ1-A4 | Siphoviridae | 53 ± 2 | 131 ± 7 | 10 ± 1 |
| φ1-F8 | Siphoviridae | 71 ± 3 | 351 ± 14 | 12 ± 1 |
| φ3-A4 | Siphoviridae | 60 ± 2 | 288 ± 10 | 9 ± 1 |
| φ3-B11 | Siphoviridae | 60 ± 3 | 273 ± 11 | 13 ± 2 |
| φ14-C8 | Siphoviridae | 70 ± 2 | 292 ± 10 | 13 ± 2 |
| φ3-B1 | Myoviridae | 78 ± 4 | 155 ± 6 | 23 ± 2 |
| φ7-E1 | Myoviridae | 87 ± 4 | 149 ± 6 | 26 ± 3 |
| φ22-D10 | Myoviridae | 85 ± 5 | 271 ± 9 | 25 ± 3 |
a
Each value is the mean and the standard deviation of five independent measurements.