Complete genome sequences of 138 mycobacteriophages.

ABSTRACT: 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.

SUBMITTER: Hatfull GF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3302410 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature