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Characterization of Five Novel Brevibacillus Bacteriophages and Genomic Comparison of Brevibacillus Phages.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2016
Berg Jordan A, Merrill Bryan D, Crockett Justin T, Esplin Kyle P, Evans Marlee R, Heaton Karli E, Hilton Jared A, Hyde Jonathan R, McBride Morgan S, Schouten Jordan T, Simister Austin R, Thurgood Trever L, Ward Andrew T, Breakwell Donald P, Hope Sandra, Grose Julianne H
Abstract excerpt
Brevibacillus laterosporus is a spore-forming bacterium that causes a secondary infection in beehives following European Foulbrood disease. To better understand the contributions of Brevibacillus bacteriophages to the evolution of their hosts, five novel phages (Jenst, Osiris, Powder, SecTim467, and Sundance) were isolated and characterized. When compared with the five Brevibacillus phages currently in NCBI,...
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