Emerging applications of phage therapy and fecal virome transplantation for treatment of Clostridioides difficile infection: challenges and perspectives

Table 1 Overview of classification and basic properties of bacteriophages

Family	Nucleic acid	Particulars	Symmetry	Genome size (kb)
Myoviridae	dsDNA	Contractile tail, non-enveloped	Binary	34–169
Siphoviridae	dsDNA	Long non-contractile tail, non-enveloped	Binary	34–169
Podoviridae	dsDNA	Short non-contractile, non-enveloped tail	Binary	34–169
Tectiviridaea	Linear, dsDNA	Isometric, non-enveloped	Cubic	15
Corticoviridae	Circular, dsDNA	Isometric, non-enveloped	Cubic	10
Lipothrixviridae	Linear, dsDNA	Rod-shaped, enveloped	Helical	16–42
Plasmaviridae	Circular, dsDNA	Pleomorphic, enveloped	Helical	12
Rudiviridae	Linear, dsDNA	Rod-shaped, enveloped	Helical	32–35
Fuselloviridae	Circular, dsDNA	Lemon shaped, non-enveloped	Pleomorphic	15–18
Inoviridae	Circular, ssDNA	Filamentous, non-enveloped	Helical	5–9
Microviridae	Circular, ssDNA	Isometric, non-enveloped	Cubic	4–6
Leviviridae	Linear, ssRNA	Isometric, non-enveloped	Cubic	3–4
Cytoviridae	Linear, dsRNA	Spherical, enveloped	Cubic	13
Ampullaviridae	Linear, dsDNA	Bottle-shaped, enveloped	Helical	14–17
Bicaudaviridae	Circular, dsDNA	Lemon-shaped, non-enveloped	Helical	80–100
Clavaviridae	Circular, dsDNA	Rod-shaped, non-enveloped	Helical	5278
Globuloviridae	Linear, dsDNA	Isometric, enveloped	Helical	20–30
Guttavirus	Circular, dsDNA	Ovoid, non-enveloped	Pleomorphic	15–75
Inoviridae	Circular, dsDNA	Filamentous, non-enveloped	Helical	5.5–10.6

dsDNA double-stranded DNA, ssDNA single-stranded DNA, ssRNA single-stranded RNA, dsRNA double-stranded RNA

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