Mycobacterium virus Maravista, a member of the family Gracegardnervirianae and species Cheoctovirus, is an F1 cluster phage that infects Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155. The Maravista genome has 61.3% GC content, is 60,140 bp in length, and encodes 104 putative genes. Maravista encodes two putative glycosyltransferases, suggesting glycosylation of its capsid protein.
Keywords: bacteriophage; genome analysis; mycobacteria.