| Bacteriophage f2 | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Riboviria |
| Kingdom: | Orthornavirae |
| Phylum: | Lenarviricota |
| Class: | Leviviricetes |
| Order: | Norzivirales |
| Family: | Fiersviridae |
| Genus: | Emesvirus |
| Species: | Emesvirus zinderi |
| Strain: | Bacteriophage f2 |
Bacteriophage f2 is an icosahedral, positive-sense single-stranded RNA virus that infects the bacterium Escherichia coli. It is closely related to bacteriophage MS2 and assigned to the same species.
History
f2 was the first RNA-containing bacteriophage to be isolated, reported in 1961. Tim Loeb and Norton Zinder identified two phages in filtered samples of raw New York City sewage that grew on male (F+) but not on female (F−) E. coli. The first phage f1, produced cloudy plaques, while the second phage, f2, produced clear plaques.
References
- ^ van Duin, J.; Tsareva, N. (2006). "Single-stranded RNA phages. Chapter 15". In Calendar, R. L. (ed.). The Bacteriophages (Second ed.). Oxford University Press. pp. 175–196. ISBN 0195148509.
- van Duin J, van den Wor S (2005). "The Positive Sense Single Stranded RNA Viruses". Virus Taxonomy: 739–1128. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-249951-7.50015-8. ISBN 9780122499517. PMC 7332303.
- Loeb, T.; Zinder, N. D. (1961). "A bacteriophage containing RNA". Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 47 (3): 282–289. Bibcode:1961PNAS...47..282L. doi:10.1073/pnas.47.3.282. PMC 221572. PMID 13763053.