Escherichia virus T4

Escherichia virus T4
	Escherichia virus T4 (EM of virion)
Virus classification
(unranked):	Virus
Realm:	Duplodnaviria
Kingdom:	Heunggongvirae
Phylum:	Uroviricota
Class:	Caudoviricetes
Order:	Caudovirales
Family:	Myoviridae
Genus:	Tequatrovirus
Species:	Escherichia virus T4
Strains
	Enterobacteria phage C16; Enterobacteria phage F10; Enterobacteria phage Fs-alpha; Enterobacteria phage PST; Enterobacteria phage SKII; Enterobacteria phage SKV; Enterobacteria phage SKX; Enterobacteria phage SV3; Enterobacteria phage T2; Enterobacteria phage T4; Enterobacteria phage T6;
Synonyms
	Enterobacteria phage T4

Escherichia virus T4 is a species of bacteriophages that infect Escherichia coli bacteria. It is a double-stranded DNA virus in the subfamily Tevenvirinae from the family Myoviridae. T4 is capable of undergoing only a lytic life cycle and not the lysogenic life cycle. The species was formerly named T-even bacteriophage, a name which also encompasses, among other strains (or isolates), Enterobacteria phage T2, Enterobacteria phage T4 and Enterobacteria phage T6.

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