Complete Nucleotide Sequence of pVv01, a P1-Like Plasmid Prophage of Vibrio vulnificus

Jens A Hammerl; Karina Klevanskaa; Eckhard Strauch; Stefan Hertwig

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00135-14

Complete Nucleotide Sequence of pVv01, a P1-Like Plasmid Prophage of Vibrio vulnificus

Genome Announc. 2014 Aug 14;2(4):e00135-14. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00135-14.

Authors

Jens A Hammerl¹, Karina Klevanskaa¹, Eckhard Strauch¹, Stefan Hertwig²

Affiliations

¹ Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung), Berlin, Germany.
² Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (Bundesinstitut für Risikobewertung), Berlin, Germany [email protected].

Abstract

We report here the 79,263-bp plasmid pVv01 isolated from Vibrio vulnificus. pVv01 is closely related to the Vibrio plasmid p0908 and shows some similarities to phage P1. Unlike p0908, pVv01 represents an intact prophage inducible by mitomycin C. PVv01 phage particles revealed a myoviridal morphology and lytic activity.