Complete Genome Sequences of Mycobacteriophages Apex and Gophee

Denzel Edwards; Tara Carney; Yunia Alvarez; Justin Pagan; Emma Sarro; Regina Alvarez; Bernadette J Connors

doi:10.1128/MRA.01094-20

Complete Genome Sequences of Mycobacteriophages Apex and Gophee

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Nov 5;9(45):e01094-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01094-20.

Authors

Denzel Edwards¹, Tara Carney¹, Yunia Alvarez¹, Justin Pagan¹, Emma Sarro¹, Regina Alvarez¹, Bernadette J Connors²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Science, Dominican College of Blauvelt, Orangeburg, New York, USA.
² Department of Science, Dominican College of Blauvelt, Orangeburg, New York, USA [email protected].

Abstract

Apex and Gophee are mycobacteriophages directly isolated from soil using the host Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155. Apex has a 71,244-bp double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genome encoding 98 putative proteins, and Gophee has a 68,556-bp dsDNA genome encoding 101 putative proteins.