Bacteriophage Qbeta
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Bacteriophage Qbeta (Qubevirus durum), commonly referred to as Qbeta or Qβ, is a species consisting of several strains of positive-strand RNA virus which infects bacteria that have F-pili, most commonly Escherichia coli. Its linear genome is packaged into an icosahedral capsid with a diameter of 28 nm.[1] Bacteriophage Qβ enters its host cell after binding to the side of the F-pilus.[2]
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Qubevirus durum | |
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TEM of bacteriophage Qβ attached to the pilus of E. coli and its genome | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Riboviria |
Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
Phylum: | Lenarviricota |
Class: | Leviviricetes |
Order: | Norzivirales |
Family: | Fiersviridae |
Genus: | Qubevirus |
Species: | Qubevirus durum |
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