Enterobacteria phage T4 Definition

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Enterobacteria phage T4: Virulent bacteriophage and type species of the genus T4-Like Phages, in the family MYOVIRIDAE. It infects E. coli and is the best known of the T-even phages. Its virion contains linear double-stranded DNA, terminally redundant and circularly permuted.

Synonym: bacteriophage t4, bacteriophage t2, enterobacteria phage t2, coliphage t4, coliphage t2, t4 phage, t2 phage, phage t4, phage t2, enterobacteria phage t2.