@article{mbs:/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-61-1-149, author = "Bamford, D. H. and Lounatmaa, K.", title = "Further Electron Microscopic Studies on the Infection Process of the Lipid-containing Bacteriophage ϕ6", journal= "Journal of General Virology", year = "1982", volume = "61", number = "1", pages = "149-152", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1099/0022-1317-61-1-149", url = "https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jgv/10.1099/0022-1317-61-1-149", publisher = "Microbiology Society", issn = "1465-2099", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "adhesion site", keywords = "bacteriophage ϕ†", keywords = "penetration", keywords = "freeze-etching", abstract = "SUMMARY ϕ6 attachment to host pili was confirmed by scanning electron microscopy. With plasmolysed infected cells it could be shown that membrane fusion takes place at the adhesion site. Freeze-etched preparations showed that when the membraneous bulge (caused by the infecting particle) was removed the cytoplasmic membrane at that site was also removed.", }