Research Article

Ultrastructure of Bacteriophage {varphi}6: Arrangement of the Double-stranded RNA and Envelope

Journal of General Virology 1977; 35(2):353 · https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-35-2-353

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Abstract

Pseudomonas phaseolicola cells synchronously infected with 6 were fixed and embedded by several procedures. The diameter of 6 measured 75 nm and its nucleocapsid 60 nm. Virus nucleocapsids were icosahedral and surrounded by a double membrane. In planar sections the nucleic acid appeared as a hexagonal ring and in cross sections as two angular structures.

* W.G.L. is a member of the United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service.