Characterization of a novel lytic myophage, phiA8-29, infecting Aeromonas strains.
Journal
Archives of virology
ISSN: 1432-8798
Titre abrégé: Arch Virol
Pays: Austria
ID NLM: 7506870
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Mar 2019
Mar 2019
Historique:
received:
26
07
2018
accepted:
11
11
2018
pubmed:
19
12
2018
medline:
6
3
2019
entrez:
19
12
2018
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Members of the bacterial genus Aeromonas are important aquatic pathogens that cause severe fish diseases. Here, we characterize a novel lytic phage, Aeromonas virus phiA8-29, isolated from the alimentary tract of a freshwater fish. Transmission electron microscopy showed that phiA8-29 has a long contractile tail and thus can be classified as a member of the family Myoviridae. The phage genome was identified as a double-stranded DNA molecule of 144,974 bp containing 185 open reading frames and nine tRNA-encoding genes. Comparative genomic analysis revealed that the phiA8-29 genome has little similarity to any of the currently sequenced Aeromonas phage genomes. Our data indicate that phiA8-29 is a novel lytic Myoviridae phage that does not belong to any of the known genera.
Identifiants
pubmed: 30560292
doi: 10.1007/s00705-018-4109-y
pii: 10.1007/s00705-018-4109-y
doi:
Substances chimiques
Viral Proteins
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
893-896Subventions
Organisme : National Natural Science Foundation of China
ID : 31370205