๐Ÿ”ฌ Tailed Phage

Viruses such as T4 or λ that possess a single, large, and relatively class="bap-term">complex adsorption appendage that is attached to their double-stranded DNA-containing icosahedral heads.

by Stephen T. Abedon Ph.D. (abedon.1@osu.edu)

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About this entry: Tailed Phage is one of a growing set of phage biology and phage therapy terms defined here. For more phage terms, see Abedon, S.T. (2025). Phage Therapy Annotated Glossary. Preprints.org. 10.20944/preprints202508.0347.v1

phage.org/terms/tailed_phage.html  ·  Abedon’s Books  ·  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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Tailed Phage: Viruses such as T4 or λ that possess a single, large, and relatively class="bap-term">complex adsorption appendage that is attached to their double-stranded DNA-containing icosahedral heads.

Discussion

<p>Nearly all phages employed in phage therapy are tailed phages. All of the original T phages (phages T1 through T7) are tailed phages. Contrast tailless phages.

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Abedon, S.T. (2026). Phage Terms. https://terms.phage.org  ·  10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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