Genetic characterization of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteriophage KPP10

Arch Virol. 2012 Apr;157(4):733-8. doi: 10.1007/s00705-011-1210-x. Epub 2012 Jan 5.

Abstract

Bacteriophage (phage) KPP10 has been used in experimental phage therapies directed against P. aeruginosa infections. To examine the eligibility of phage KPP10 as a therapeutic phage, its genome was analyzed. The genomic DNA was shown to be 88,322 bp long, with 158 open reading frames (ORFs), and three tRNA genes were predicted. No ORF-encoded pathogenicity or lysogenization factor was predicted. A comparative genomic analysis revealed that phage KPP10, together with phage PAK_P3, can be grouped as a new type of lytic phage infecting P. aeruginosa. Phage KPP10 is considered to be suitable for therapeutic purposes because it is a lytic phage without ORF-encoded pathogenicity or a lysogenization factors.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cluster Analysis
  • DNA, Viral / chemistry
  • DNA, Viral / genetics
  • Lysogeny
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Open Reading Frames
  • Phylogeny
  • Pseudomonas Phages / genetics*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / virology*
  • RNA, Transfer / genetics
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology
  • Virulence Factors / genetics

Substances

  • DNA, Viral
  • Virulence Factors
  • RNA, Transfer

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AB472900