Bacteriophages isolated from Lake Michigan demonstrate broad host-range across several bacterial phyla.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The study of bacteriophages continues to generate key information about microbial interactions in the environment. Many phenotypic characteristics of bacteriophages cannot be examined by sequencing alone, further highlighting the necessity for isolation and examination of phages from environmental samples. While much of our current knowledge base has been generated by the study of marine phages, freshwater viruses are understudied in comparison. Our group has previously conducted metagenomics-based studies samples collected from Lake Michigan - the data presented in this study relate to four phages that were extracted from the same samples.

Findings

Four phages were extracted from Lake Michigan on the same bacterial host, exhibiting similar morphological character

SUBMITTER: Malki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4600314 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature