Figure 35-1: Electron micrograph of a negatively-stained preparation of SPb particles. Long, flexible, noncontractile tail ends in a complex structure that probably is involved in phage attachment to the bacterial cell. Bar represents 100 nm. (for better image quality, click here for tif image, which may be quite large; may also require screen refreshing plus special software to view; or view larger tif in separate window)

Figure 35-1, Figure 35-2, Figure 35-3, Figure 35-4, Figure 35-5, Figure 35-6 ( a, b, c, d ), Figure 35-7 ( a, b )

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