Characterization of Paenibacillus larvae bacteriophages and their genomic relationships to firmicute bacteriophages.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Paenibacillus larvae is a Firmicute bacterium that causes American Foulbrood, a lethal disease in honeybees and is a major source of global agricultural losses. Although P. larvae phages were isolated prior to 2013, no full genome sequences of P. larvae bacteriophages were published or analyzed. This report includes an in-depth analysis of the structure, genomes, and relatedness of P. larvae myoviruses Abouo, Davis, Emery, Jimmer1, Jimmer2, and siphovirus phiIBB_Pl23 to each other and to other known phages.

Results

P. larvae phages Abouo, Davies, Emery, Jimmer1, and Jimmer2 are myoviruses with ~50 kbp genomes. The six P. larvae phages form three distinct groups by dotplot analysis. An annotated linear genome map of these six phages displays important identifiable

SUBMITTER: Merrill BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4168068 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature