Table 2.

Activation barriers found for in vitro bacteriophage particle opening.

Bacteriophage	Activation Energy/kJ mol−1	Reference
HK620 1	156	this work
P22	171	[7]
9NA	222	[7]
λ	109	[6]
T5	176	[56]
SPP1	125	[6]

¹ HK620: E_A1 = 156 kJ mol⁻¹, E_A2 = 125 kJ mol⁻¹.