dictionary help| fibrous bacterial viruses --> filamentous bacterial viruses | medical dictionary |
Deoxyribonucleoproteins that "infect" and replicate in Gram-negative bacteria having sex pili and that, unlike bacteriophage, are released from infected bacteria without damage to the cell; they seem to be of two kinds, one of which has a specificity for F pili and the other for I pili.
Synonyms: fibrous bacterial viruses.
(05 Mar 2000)
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