Complete Genome Sequences of 138 Mycobacteriophages

作者:Hatfull Graham F*
来源:Journal of Virology, 2012, 86(4): 2382-2384.
DOI:10.1128/JVI.06870-11

摘要

Bacteriophages are the most numerous biological entities in the biosphere, and although their genetic diversity is high, it remains ill defined. Mycobacteriophages-the viruses of mycobacterial hosts-provide insights into this diversity as well as tools for manipulating Mycobacterium tuberculosis. We report here the complete genome sequences of 138 new mycobacteriophages, which-together with the 83 mycobacteriophages previously reported-represent the largest collection of phages known to infect a single common host, Mycobacterium smegmatis mc(2) 155.

  • 出版日期2012-2