Transmission Electron Micrograph of a Bacteriophage with a Contractile Sheath

Transmission Electron micrograph of a bacteriophage with a contractile sheath.

Left = normal bacteriophage
Right = bacteriophage after contraction of sheath

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Last updated: September, 2017