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Tailed Phage

A phage, such as coliphages T4 or λ, that possesses both a DNA-containing head and bacterium-adsorbing tail.

Tailed phages induce lytic productive infections and they are members of the phage order Caudovirales.

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

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