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How do the tail fibers and projections help the host cell? In reference to viruses.

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Well for the Tailed Phage virus Escherichia Coli. (E. Coli) the tail is a plate which functions in attachment to the bacterial host & also in penetration of the bacterial cell wall by virtue of lysozyme-like enzymes associated with the plate. The sheath protects the fragile nucleic acid genome inside from damage.

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