Complete genome sequences of 138 mycobacteriophages

J Virol. 2012 Feb;86(4):2382-4. doi: 10.1128/JVI.06870-11.

Abstract

Bacteriophages are the most numerous biological entities in the biosphere, and although their genetic diversity is high, it remains ill defined. Mycobacteriophages-the viruses of mycobacterial hosts-provide insights into this diversity as well as tools for manipulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We report here the complete genome sequences of 138 new mycobacteriophages, which-together with the 83 mycobacteriophages previously reported-represent the largest collection of phages known to infect a single common host, Mycobacterium smegmatis mc(2) 155.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Genome, Viral*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mycobacteriophages / classification
  • Mycobacteriophages / genetics*
  • Mycobacteriophages / isolation & purification
  • Mycobacterium smegmatis / virology*