Summary
Preparations of silkworm larvae contained two large phages with contractile tails (Myoviridae). One phage was active onPseudomonas paucimobilis. The other, not cultivated, was one of the largest viruses known.
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Ackermann, H.W., Auclair, P., Basavarajappa, S. et al. Bacteriophages fromBombyx mori . Archives of Virology 137, 185–190 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01311186
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