Notes on Family: Inoviridae
flexuous filaments or rigid rods
Contents
- Members of this Family
- General Description
- Morphology
- Genome
- Genera in the Family
- All Known Sequences
- Curated Sequences
General Description
This family contains those phage that have a ssDNA genome and filamentous or rod shaped particles.Morphology
Filamentous or rod-shaped particles, depending on the genus.Genomen
Monopartite, circular ssDNA of c. 5-9 kb.Genera in the Family
- Inovirus: flexuous filamentous particles about 7 nm in diameter, infecting enterobacteria
- Plectrovirus: rod-shaped particles >10 nm in diameter, infecting spiroplasmas