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Stumbling across the Same Phage: Comparative Genomics of Widespread Temperate Phages Infecting the Fish Pathogen Vibrio anguillarum.
Viruses - 20 May 2017
Kalatzis Panos G, Rørbo Nanna Iben, Castillo Daniel, Mauritzen Jesper Juel, Jørgensen Jóhanna, Kokkari Constantina, Zhang Faxing, Katharios Pantelis, Middelboe Mathias
Abstract excerpt
Nineteen Vibrio anguillarum-specific temperate bacteriophages isolated across Europe and Chile from aquaculture and environmental sites were genome sequenced and analyzed for host range, morphology and life cycle characteristics. The phages were classified as Siphoviridae with genome sizes between 46,006 and 54,201 bp. All 19 phages showed high genetic similarity, and 13 phages were genetically identical. Apart...
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