CTXφ bacteriophage
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The CTXφ bacteriophage is a filamentous bacteriophage. It is a positive-strand DNA virus with single-stranded DNA (ssDNA).
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Vibrio virus CTXphi | |
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Virus classification | |
(unranked): | Virus |
Realm: | Monodnaviria |
Kingdom: | Loebvirae |
Phylum: | Hofneiviricota |
Class: | Faserviricetes |
Order: | Tubulavirales |
Family: | Inoviridae |
Genus: | Affertcholeramvirus |
Species: | Vibrio virus CTXphi |
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CTXφ infects some strains of Vibrio cholerae, the bacterium that causes cholera. It carries the genes for cholera toxin (CTX), which makes cholera especially virulent. It can carry genes from one V. cholerae strain to another.[1]