A Novel Podophage StenR_269 Suggests a New Family in the Class Caudoviricetes.

ABSTRACT: Stenotrophomonas rhizophila was first discovered in soil; it is associated with the rhizosphere and capable of both protecting roots and stimulating plant growth. Therefore, it has a great potential to be used in biocontrol. The study of S. rhizophila phages is important for a further evaluation of their effect on the fitness and properties of host bacteria. A novel phage StenR_269 and its bacterial host S. rhizophila were isolated from a soil sample in the remediation area of a coal mine. Electron microscopy revealed a large capsid (~Ø80 nm) connected with a short tail, which corresponds to the podovirus morphotype. The length of the genomic sequence of the StenR_269 was 66,322 bp and it contained 103 putative genes; 40 of them encoded proteins with predicted function

SUBMITTER: Yakubovskij VI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10747016 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature