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Packaged volume fractions of some bacteriophage and eukaryotic viruses

Range	Table - link
Organism	Virus
Reference	Purohit PK et al., Forces during bacteriophage DNA packaging and ejection. Biophys J. 2005 Feb88(2):851-66. p.853 table 1PubMed ID15556983
Primary Source	See refs beneath table
Comments	p.853 left column top paragraph:"Table 1 gives an idea of the typical sizes of bacteriophage, as well as some animal viruses for comparison. These small containers house a genome which is several tens of microns long, a feat that demands extremely efficient utilization of space." See note beneath table
Entered by	Uri M
ID	111591