Complete Genome Sequence of vB_EcoM-UFV13, a New Bacteriophage Able To Disrupt Trueperella pyogenes Biofilm

Vinícius S Duarte; Roberto S Dias; Andrew M Kropinski; Pedro M P Vidigal; Flávia O Sousa; André S Xavier; Cynthia C Silva; Sergio O de Paula

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01292-16

Complete Genome Sequence of vB_EcoM-UFV13, a New Bacteriophage Able To Disrupt Trueperella pyogenes Biofilm

Genome Announc. 2016 Dec 8;4(6):e01292-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01292-16.

Authors

Vinícius S Duarte¹, Roberto S Dias², Andrew M Kropinski³, Pedro M P Vidigal⁴, Flávia O Sousa¹, André S Xavier⁵, Cynthia C Silva¹, Sergio O de Paula⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
² Department of General Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
³ Departments of Food Science, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Pathobiology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
⁴ Núcleo de Análise de Biomoléculas (NuBioMol), Biological and Health Science Center, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
⁵ Department of Phytopathology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
⁶ Department of General Biology, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil [email protected].

Abstract

vB_EcoM-UFV13, a member of the T4virus genus, shows lytic activity against Escherichia coli and effectiveness in controlling the biofilm formed by Trueperella pyogenes, which qualifies it as a promising component of phage cocktails for mastitis and metritis control.