Fig 1.
Transmission electron micrographs of virions CaMV (A), EMCV (B), BMV (C), BMMV (D).
Samples were stained with 2% uranyl acetate. Bars, 100 nm.
Fig 2.
Analysis of virions hydrodynamic size using dynamic light scattering, for CaMV (A), EMCV (B), BMV (C) and BMMV (D).
Fig 3.
Analysis of virions hydrodynamic size for CaMV (A), EMCV (B), BMV (C) and BMMV (D) using nanoparticle tracking analysis.
Concentration ×1012 particles per ml (y-axis), diameter in nm (x-axis).
Table 1.
Comparative characteristics of the virion sizes of icosahedral viruses using different techniques.
Table 2.
Comparative characteristics of the sizes of icosahedral virions using TEM and techniques in liquid (DLS and NTA), considering the contribution of EDL.
Fig 4.
Analysis of EMCV samples after 2 weeks of storage by NTA (A) and TEM (B).
(A) − Concentration ×1012 particles per ml (y-axis), hydrodynamic diameter in nm (x-axis).