Complete Genome Sequence of SfII, a Serotype-Converting Bacteriophage of the Highly Prevalent Shigella flexneri Serotype 2a

Divya T George; David P Stephenson; Elizabeth Tran; Renato Morona; Naresh K Verma

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00626-13

Complete Genome Sequence of SfII, a Serotype-Converting Bacteriophage of the Highly Prevalent Shigella flexneri Serotype 2a

Genome Announc. 2013 Sep 12;1(5):e00626-13. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00626-13.

Authors

Divya T George¹, David P Stephenson, Elizabeth Tran, Renato Morona, Naresh K Verma

Affiliation

¹ Division of Biomedical Science and Biochemistry, Research School of Biology, the Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.

Abstract

SfII is a serotype-converting temperate bacteriophage of the highly prevalent Shigella flexneri serotype 2a. We isolated the SfII phage from a wild-type strain of S. flexneri serotype 2a. Here, we present the complete genome sequence of this phage.