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Table 2 Comparison of Paenibacillus larvae phage structures from electron microscopy data

From: Characterization of Paenibacillus larvae bacteriophages and their genomic relationships to firmicute bacteriophages

Phage name

Place isolated

Capsid height (nm)

Capsid width (nm)

Tail length (nm)

Tail width (nm)

Contracted sheath length (nm)

Contracted sheath width (nm)

Myoviridae

       

Abouo

Utah, USA

68.3 ± 5.6

65.1 ± 3.6

113.6 ± 2.6

12.7 ± 3.8

45.7 ± 5.0

24.0 ± 2.3

Davies

Utah, USA

68.1 ± 4.5

61.7 ± 3.2

125.4 ± 0.2

9.8 ± 0.7

83.0 ± 0

19.2 ± 0

Emery

Utah, USA

73.5 ± 3.2

66.0 ± 3.3

162.2 ± 5.2

11.0 ± 1.4

82.9 ± 0

25.5 ± 0

Jimmer1

Utah, USA

68.2 ± 3.6

61.3 ± 3.9

98.9 ± 14.7

11.9 ± 1.4

43.1 ± 1.5

23.3 ± 2.5

Jimmer2

Utah, USA

62.9 ± 2.5

66.3 ± 2.2

75.6 ± 8.7

7.7 ± 0.3

42.9 ± 2.4

20.6 ± 0.4

PBL0.5c* (and PBL2 *)

Georgia (Minnesota)

66.3 ± 3

66.3 ± 3

142.0 ± 1

9.2 ± 0.9

92.0 ± 1

22.5 ± 1.2

BL2*

Unknown

64.1 ± 1.1**

60.1 ± 3.9**

116

7

76

19

Siphoviridae

       

phiIBB_Pl23*

Portugal

Not published

  

Round capsid

       

PBL3*

USA

62.2 ± 2.2**

70 ± 2.1

140 ± 2.8

10.1 ± 0.9

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Elongated capsid

       

BLA*

Czechoslovakia

150

68

280

13

—

—

PBL1* (and PPL1c *)

USA

95.9 ± 2.6

52.5 ± 1.9

131.8 ± 1.5

9.4 ± 0.6

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  1. *Data for Paenibacillus larvae phages BLA, BL2, PBL1, PBL2, PBL0.5c, PBL3, PPL1c, and phiIBB_Pl23 were taken from referenced publications [1, 3–7, 21, 22]. Independent electron microscopy data for phages PBL2 and PPL1c were not published; instead, they were reported to be indistinguishable from PBL0.5c and PBL1, respectively.
  2. **Measurements were taken from published electron micrographs instead of reported data which were either not presented or were inaccurate.
  3. — Phage measurements were not taken.