''Escherichia virus T3'', also called bacteriophage T3 and T3 phage, is a
bacteriophage
A bacteriophage (), also known informally as a ''phage'' (), is a duplodnaviria virus that infects and replicates within bacteria and archaea. The term was derived from "bacteria" and the Greek φαγεῖν ('), meaning "to devour". Bacteri ...
capable of infecting susceptible
bacterial cells, including strains of ''
Escherichia coli''. This phage is closely related to
T7 phage in structure though the two viruses may differ in
capsid maturation.
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Podoviridae
T-phages
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