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Contemporary Problems of Ecology

2006 year, number 5

Investigation of Bacteriophages of the Angara River by Means of Transmission Electron Microscopy

N. V. Dutova, V. V. Drucker

Abstract

The morphological composition and size distribution of bacteriophages of the Angara were investigated for the first time by means of transmission electron microscopy. Eight morphological types were found; among them, 59 % are the representatives of Siphoviridae family and 11 % are the phages of Podoviridae family. According to the frequency of occurrence, the major part of bacteriophages (70 %) is comprised by the phages with tail appendix. Predomin