Isolation and characterization of TayeBlu, a novel bacteriophage of <i>Azotobacter vinelandii</i>.

ABSTRACT: Soil microbial communities drive global biogeochemical cycles and alter crop yields through nitrogen fixation. As agents of genetic mobility, mortality, and nutrient release, viruses have been shown to influence microbial community structure and activity in numerous marine and aquatic systems. However, their impacts on terrestrial ecosystems are less well understood, in part because few model phage-host systems have been established for soils. To fill this gap, we sought to develop a new model system for viral infection of nitrogen-fixing bacteria derived from agricultural soil. Here, we report the isolation, characterization, and sequencing of the novel bacteriophage TayeBlu, which infects the globally distributed aerobic soil bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii, a facultative diazotr

SUBMITTER: Akanbi TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12772287 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature