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Seberapa kecil Bacteriophage Phi X174?

Bacteriophage Phi X174 memiliki diameter sekitar 27 nm.

Yang diukur: icosahedral virus particle, diameter

Bacteriophage Phi X174 (27 nm) ditampilkan sesuai skala di samping a ribosome (25 nm) dan a flu virus (100 nm)
Digambar sesuai skala, dari kiri ke kanan: Ribosome (25 nm), Bacteriophage Phi X174 (27 nm), dan Flu virus (100 nm).

Bandingkan

Seberapa besar sebenarnya?

  • About the same width as a ribosome
  • About 3 would fit across a flu virus
  • As wide as about 14 DNA double helices side by side

Pelajari

Fakta tentang Bacteriophage Phi X174

Phi X174 was the first DNA-based genome ever sequenced, completed by Frederick Sanger's team in 1977.

Sumber: ICTV Virus Taxonomy; Sanger et al. 1977, Nature

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Silver Nanoparticle40 nm1,5×
Fibrinogen Molecule45 nm1,7×
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