Draft Genome Sequence of the Bacteriophage vB_Eco_slurp01

Pavelas Sazinas; Carrie Smith; Aqilah Suhaimi; Jon L Hobman; Christine E R Dodd; Andrew D Millard

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01111-16

Draft Genome Sequence of the Bacteriophage vB_Eco_slurp01

Genome Announc. 2016 Nov 17;4(6):e01111-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01111-16.

Authors

Pavelas Sazinas¹, Carrie Smith², Aqilah Suhaimi², Jon L Hobman³, Christine E R Dodd³, Andrew D Millard⁴

Affiliations

¹ Microbiology and Infection Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
² School of Life Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom.
³ School of Biosciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom.
⁴ Microbiology and Infection Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom [email protected].

Abstract

Bacteriophage vB_Eco_slurp01 was isolated from porcine feces using Escherichia coli MG1655 as a host. With a genome size of 348 kb, vB_Eco_slurp01 is one of the largest bacteriophages isolated to date.

Grants and funding

MR/L015080/1/MRC_/Medical Research Council/United Kingdom