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Fig. 2 | BMC Microbiology

Fig. 2

From: Diversity and characterization of temperate bacteriophages induced in Pasteurella multocida from different host species

Fig. 2

Electron micrographs of phage induced in P. multocida isolates. Differences were observed in the morphology of phage induced in P. multocida isolates. Siphoviridae-like phage possessed hexagonal (a) or elongated (b) capsids connected to flexible tails. Differences were also observed in the morphology of Myoviridae-like phage which possessed extended sheaths and blunt ends (c; arrow), extended sheaths and prominent base plates and tail fibres (d; arrow) or contracted sheaths and blunt tail ends (e; arrow). In some cases, Myoviridae- and Siphoviridae-type phage were both induced in the same bacterial hosts (e; arrow and arrowhead). Myoviridae-type phage were also identified in a sub-set of isolates which possessed unique, small hexagonal capsids (f)

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