Filamentous phage

A filamentous phage is a type of bacteriophage shaped like a rod filament. Filamentous phages usually contain a genome of single-stranded DNA and infect Gram-negative bacteria.

Types of filamentous phage

References

J Bacteriol 185(8):2628

J Bacteriol 180(12):3245

J Virol 63(8):3284