Siphoviridae
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Siphoviridae was a family of double-stranded DNA viruses in the order Caudovirales. The family Siphoviridae and order Caudovirales have now been abolished, with the term siphovirus now used to refer to the morphology of viruses in this former family . Bacteria and archaea serve as natural hosts. There was 1,166 species in this former family, assigned to 366 genera and 22 subfamilies.[2][3] The characteristic structural features of this family are a nonenveloped head and noncontractile tail.
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Siphoviridae | |
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TME picture of an Escherichia virus HK97 virion, Siphoviridae | |
Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Duplodnaviria |
Kingdom: | Heunggongvirae |
Phylum: | Uroviricota |
Class: | Caudoviricetes |
Order: | Caudovirales |
Family: | Siphoviridae |
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