Mycobacteriophage maravista: a cluster F1 phage discovered on Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Jul 18;13(7):e0050224. doi: 10.1128/mra.00502-24. Epub 2024 Jun 11.

Abstract

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.