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. 1972 Feb;9(2):390–393. doi: 10.1128/jvi.9.2.390-393.1972

Structure of a Transducing Mycobacteriophage

L M Kozloff 1,2, C V Sundar Raj 1,2, R Nagaraja Rao 1,2, V A Chapman 1,2, S DeLong 1,2
PMCID: PMC356305  PMID: 5014933

Abstract

Electron micrographs of the transducing phage I3 for Mycobacterium smegmatis strain SN2 revealed a phage with a contractile tail and a head with isometric symmetry and visible capsomeres.

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