Characterization of two related Erwinia myoviruses that are distant relatives of the PhiKZ-like Jumbo phages.

ABSTRACT: Bacteriophages are a major force in the evolution of bacteria due to their sheer abundance as well as their ability to infect and kill their hosts and to transfer genetic material. Bacteriophages that infect the Enterobacteriaceae family are of particular interest because this bacterial family contains dangerous animal and plant pathogens. Herein we report the isolation and characterization of two jumbo myovirus Erwinia phages, RisingSun and Joad, collected from apple trees. These two genomes are nearly identical with Joad harboring two additional putative gene products. Despite mass spectrometry data that support the putative annotation, 43% of their gene products have no significant BLASTP hit. These phages are also more closely related to Pseudomonas and Vibrio phages than to published

SUBMITTER: Arens DK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6034870 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature