Review Article
Bacteriophages and Their Derivatives as Biotherapeutic Agents in Disease Prevention and Treatment
Table 1
The fourteen phage families based on morphology and genome characteristics.
| Family | Morphology | Nucleic acid |
| Myoviridae | Nonenveloped, contractile tail | Linear dsDNA | Siphoviridae | Nonenveloped, noncontractile tail (long) | Linear dsDNA | Podoviridae | Nonenveloped, noncontractile tail (short) | Linear dsDNA | Lipothrixviridae | Enveloped, rod-shaped (infect Archea) | Linear dsDNA | Rudiviridae | Nonenveloped, rod-shaped (infect Archea) | Linear dsDNA | Ampullaviridae | Enveloped, bottle-shaped | Linear dsDNA | Bicaudaviridae | Nonenveloped, lemon-shaped | Circular dsDNA | Clavaviridae | Nonenveloped, rod-shaped | Circular dsDNA | Corticoviridae | Nonenveloped, isometric | Circular dsDNA | Cystoviridae | Enveloped, spherical | Segmented dsRNA | Fuselloviridae | Nonenveloped, lemon-shaped | Circular dsDNA | Globuloviridae | Enveloped, isometric | Linear dsDNA |
Guttavirus | Nonenveloped, ovoid | Circular dsDNA | Inoviridae | Nonenveloped, filamentous | Circular ssDNA | Leviviridae | Nonenveloped, isometric | Linear ssRNA | Microviridae | Nonenveloped, isometric | Circular ssDNA | Plasmaviridae | Enveloped, pleomorphic | Circular dsDNA | Tectiviridae | Nonenveloped, isometric | Linear dsDNA |
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