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. 1975 Jul;30(1):149–151. doi: 10.1128/am.30.1.149-151.1975

Presence of Two Virus-Like Particles in Penicillium citrinum

L Volterra *, A Cassone *, A Tonolo *, M L Bruzzone *
PMCID: PMC187138  PMID: 50049

Abstract

Two icosahedral virus-like particles (28 and 19 nm in diameter, respectively) have been detected in sporogenic and asporogenic segregants of a strain of Penicillium citrinum. The distribution of the two particles differed among the two segregants.

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