Temperate bacteriophage of the genus INOVIRUS which infects enterobacteria, especially E. coli. It is a filamentous phage consisting of single-stranded DNA and is circularly permuted.

Synonyms: Coliphage fd, Enterobacteria phage fd, fd Phages, M13 Phages, txid1977402, M13, Coliphage, Phages, fd, M13 Phage, Phages, M13, Phage M13, Phage fd, txid10864, Bacteriophage M13, Coliphage M13, Phage, fd, Enterobacteria phage M13, Phage, M13, Bacteriophage fd, fd Phage