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Table 1 Features of viruses included in viral mock communities

From: Evaluation of bias induced by viral enrichment and random amplification protocols in metagenomic surveys of saliva DNA viruses

      

Theoretical proportion (%)

Species

Family

Morphology structure

Diameter (nm)

Genome type

Size (kb)

Mock community 1

Mock community 2

Vaccinia Western Reserve (WR)

Poxviridae

Enveloped, brick-shaped virion

200 × 250

Linear dsDNA

194.7

14.28

16.65

Lambda phage (lambda)

Siphoviridae

Non-enveloped, head-tail structure

60

Linear dsDNA

48.5

14.28

16.65

Human adenovirus 5 (AdenoV)

Adenoviriade

Non-enveloped pseudo T = 25 capsid

90

Linear dsDNA

35.9

14.28

16.65

φ29 phage (φ29)

Podoviridae

Non-enveloped, head-tail structure

54

Linear dsDNA

19.3

14.28

16.65

M13 phage (M13)

Inoviridae

Non-enveloped, rod of filaments

7 × 700–2000

Circular ssDNA

6.4

14.28

16.65

Minute Virus of Mice p (MVMp)

Parvoviridae

Non-enveloped T = 1 capsid

23

Linear ssDNA

5.1

14.28

16.65

Porcine circovirus 2a (PCV2a)

Circoviridae

Non-enveloped T = 1 capsid

17

Circular ssDNA

1.8

14.28

0.075