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Description: family Myoviridae (which is generally referring to bacteria infecting viruses). These viruses are in the order Caudovirales, (which is known as tailed bacteriophages) and grouped in the group dsDNA (which is double stranded deoxyribonucleic acid, so their DNA is double stranded). The T4 bacteriophage has a size of about 90 nm wide and 250 nm long. The morphology of the Enteriobacteria phage T4 consists of capsid, neck, collar, sheath, base plate, tail spikes, and tail fibre. The ...