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. 2016 Nov 8;7:1740. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.01740

Table 1.

Properties of the 4 viral morphotypes observed in the Methylomirabilis enrichment culture.

Bacteriophage Capsid size (nm)* Capsid symmetry Tail length (nm)* Tail width (nm)* Morphotype
Figure 1A ~66 Icosahedral Non tailed virus
Figure 1B ~87 Putative icosahedral ~90 ~21 Myoviridae-like
Figure 1C ~50 Putative icosahedral ~87 ~8.5 Myoviridae-like
Figure 1D ~41 Putative icosahedral ~91 ~16 Myoviridae-like
*

All reported measures were obtained from negative-stained samples.