The Spider-Like Icosahedral Shape Is An Abstract Depiction of the Shiga Toxin Bacteriophage (IMAGE)

University of New South Wales

The Spider-Like Icosahedral Shape Is An Abstract Depiction of the Shiga Toxin Bacteriophage

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The spider-like icosahedral shape is an abstract depiction of the Shiga toxin bacteriophage with a red genome, stylised as the puppet master of a potentially deadly EHEC infection.

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UNSW Sydney

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