Table 1.

Classification of phages according to ICTV* guidelines (ICTV 9th report) based on transmission electron micrograph

Phage	Capsid (in nm^)	Tail (W × L, in nm^)	Shape	Family (Morphotype#)
vB_EcoM_TU01,	82 × 108	19 × 111	Elongated	Myoviridae (A2)
vB_KpnM_TU02	82 × 99	25 × 109	Elongated	Myoviridae (A2)
vB_SalS_TU03	63	9 × 106	Icosahedral	Siphoviridae (B1)

*ICTV = The International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses. ^ nm = nanometre. The capsid and tail lengths are an average of three measurements of a phage electron micrograph from a purified stock.

#Morphotypes are based on classification by Ackermann (2001)