Clostridium perfringens Virulent Bacteriophage CPS2 and Its Thermostable Endolysin LysCPS2.

ABSTRACT: Clostridium perfringens is one of the most common causes of food-borne illness. The increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant bacteria requires the development of alternatives to typical antimicrobial treatments. Here, we isolated and characterized a C. perfringens-specific virulent bacteriophage CPS2 from chicken feces. The CPS2 phage contains a 17,961 bp double-stranded DNA genome with 25 putative ORFs, and belongs to the Picovirinae, subfamily of Podoviridae. Bioinformatic analysis of the CPS2 genome revealed a putative endolysin, LysCPS2, which is homologous to the endolysin of Clostridium phage phiZP2 and phiCP7R. The enzyme showed strong lytic activity against C. perfringens with optimum conditions at pH 7.5⁻10, 25⁻65 °C, and over a broad range of NaCl concentrations. Interestingl

SUBMITTER: Ha E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5977244 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature