Rapunzel bacteriophage

This virus produces the protien endolysin (lysin), a protien that is used to kill the bacteria by breaking down its cell membrane. Because the Rapunzel bacteriophage has the protien endolysin, the Rapunzel bacteriophage may potentially be better adapted to killing bacteria then other bacteriophages.[2] The long tail of this virus is shaped like a ring forming a long tube which the virus will send its genome once it penetrates the bacterias cell wall. The long tail of the virus helps it to lock onto its prey but due to the long length of the tail, there is a higher chance for the virus tail assembly to go wrong.[3]