Article
Novel N4 Bacteriophages Prevail in the Cold Biosphere.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Aug 2015
Zhan Yuanchao, Buchan Alison, Chen Feng
Abstract excerpt
Coliphage N4 is a lytic bacteriophage discovered nearly half a century ago, and it was considered to be a "genetic orphan" until very recently, when several additional N4-like phages were discovered to infect nonenteric bacterial hosts. Interest in this genus of phages is stimulated by their unique genetic features and propagation strategies. To better understand the ecology of N4-like phages, we investigated the...
Topics
- Antarctic Regions
- Bacteriophages
- Cluster Analysis
- Cold Temperature
- DNA, Viral
- Genetic Variation
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Phylogeny
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- Sequence Homology
- United States
- Water Microbiology