give the names of, and draw sketches of, two different bacteriophages that do not contain double-stranded DNA inside their capsid coat.
Bacteriophages are the viruses that infect bacteria and often makes the bacteria more pathogenic for humans. They mostly contain double stranded DNA, but single stranded DNA (ssDNA) and RNA also exist.
Examples of single stranded DNA phages are M13, X174
M13 belongs to inoviridae which is filamentous and escapes via budding.
X174 is a microviridae with a diameter of 35 nanometers with isometric morphology (icosahedral). It is the first ssDNA sequenced.
Examples of ssRNA phages are: Qb and R17
Qb and R17 hav icosahedral (+) strand
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