Multiple choice

Which of the following sets represents filamentous bacteriophages?

  1. M13 phage, T12 phage, fd phage

  2. M13 phage, f1 phage, fd phage

  3. T2 phage, f1 phage, fd phage

  4. M13 phage, MS2 phage, f1 phage

  5. MS2 phage, T12 phage, f1 phage
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Explanation

M13 is a filamentous bacteriophage composed of circular single stranded DNA (ssDNA). Filamentous bacteriophage fd is a type of filamentous bacteriophage known to infect Escherichia coli. Bacteriophage f1 is structurally classified as a class I filamentous phage.

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