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P Nathael Javorčík1, Alexander Harms1,2
1Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, D-HEST, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
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Abstract:
We present a new inovirus named Copypasta isolated from the Rhine River that infects Escherichia coli and shows the expected filamentous morphology. Copypasta has a circular single-stranded DNA genome that is 6,408 nt long and harbors 12 protein-coding genes.

