title: Ultrastructure of bacteriophage phi 6: arrangement of the double-stranded RNA and envelope.
abstract: Pseudomonas phaseolicola cells synchronously infected with phi 6 were fixed and embedded by several procedures. The diameter of phi 6 measured 75 nm and its nucleocapsid 60 nm. Virus nucleocapsids were icosahedral and surrounded by a double membrane. In planar sections the nucleic acid appeared as a hexagonal ring and in cross section as two angular structures.
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D002213:Capsid; D008961:Models, Structural; D011549:Pseudomonas; D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins