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Physicochemical
Pieces (number of genome segments)	Infectivity	Sedimentation Coefficients(s) (S)
Percentage wt, of Virion Protein	Lipid	Carbohydrate
Virion Polypeptides: Number	Details
Non-virion Polypeptides: Number	Details
Virion Density	Sedimentation Coefficients(s) (S)
Nucleocapsid Density	Sedimentation Coefficients(s) (S)

Stability of Infectivity (effects)
pH (infective range)
Lipid Solvent (ether - % used to test)	After Treatment Titer	Control Titer
Lipid Solvent (chloroform)	After Treatment Titer	Control Titer
Lipid Solvent (deoxycholate) 1:200	After Treatment Titer <3.2 dex	Control Titer 5.7 dex
Other (formalin, radiation)

Virion Morphology
Shape Spherical particles	Dimensions 100 nm
Mean 104 nmnm	Range nm
Measurement Method Electron microscopy	Surface Projections/Envelope Envelope observed	Nucleocapsid Dimensions, Symmetry

Morphogenesis
Site of Constituent Formation in Cell	Site of Virion Assembly	Site of Virion Accumulation
Inclusion Bodies	Other

Hemagglutination
Hemaggiutination Yes	Antigen Source SM serum ext. by acetone	Erythrocytes (species used) Goose
pH Range 5.7-5.9	pH Optimum 5.75
Temperature Range 4dC - 37dC	Temperature Optimum 37dC
Remarks Difficult to obtain good hemagglutinin.
Serologic Methods Recommended HI, CF, and NT
Footnotes Difficult to obtain good hemagglutinin.