TABLE II.
THE LHT SYSTEM IN ITS ORIGINAL 1962 FORMa
I | II | III | IV | ||
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Nucleic acid | Capsid symmetry | Naked (N) or enveloped (E) | Capsid diameter or no. of capsomeres | Viruses | Groups |
100–130 Å | White clover mosaic, potato X, cactus potato F, pea stripe, wheat stripe | RHN 115 | |||
N | 170–200 Å | Tobacco mosaic, Vigna sinensis, cucumber 3 | RHN 185 | ||
H | 250 Å | Barley stripe mosaic | RNH 250 | ||
90–100 Å | Influenza, fowl plague | I myxo (1) | |||
RNA | e | 170 Å | Parainfluenzae, mumps, sendai, Newcastle disease, rinderpest, Carré disease, measles | II myxo (1) | |
32 | Turnip yellow mosaic | RCN 32 | |||
C | N | 60 | Bushystunt, polio (2) | — | |
92 | Wound tumor, REO III | REO | |||
H | E | 90–100 Å | Vaccinia, infectious pustular dermatitis | Pox (3) | |
12 | ϕX174 | DCN 12 | |||
42 | Polyoma, warts, SV40 | Schizo (4) | |||
N | 252 | Adeno, infectious canine hepatitis | Adeno | ||
DNA | C | Gal (5) | |||
812 | Tipula | DCN 812 | |||
E | 162 | Herpes, varicella, pseudorabies | Herpes | ||
B | N | Prism | Phage T2 | T pairs | |
Icosahedron | Phage of B. megaterium | — |
The table contains abbreviations which are those of the phanerogram.