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Genomic analysis of oceanic cyanobacterial myoviruses compared with T4-like myoviruses from diverse hosts and environments.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 2010
Sullivan Matthew B, Huang Katherine H, Ignacio-Espinoza Julio C, Berlin Aaron M, Kelly Libusha, Weigele Peter R, DeFrancesco Alicia S, Kern Suzanne E, Thompson Luke R, Young Sarah, Yandava Chandri, Fu Ross, Krastins Bryan, Chase Michael, Sarracino David, Osburne Marcia S, Henn Matthew R, Chisholm Sallie W
Abstract excerpt
T4-like myoviruses are ubiquitous, and their genes are among the most abundant documented in ocean systems. Here we compare 26 T4-like genomes, including 10 from non-cyanobacterial myoviruses, and 16 from marine cyanobacterial myoviruses (cyanophages) isolated on diverse Prochlorococcus or Synechococcus hosts. A core genome of 38 virion construction and DNA replication genes was observed in all 26 genomes, with...
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