Isolation and Characterization T4- and T7-Like Phages that Infect the Bacterial Plant Pathogen Agrobacterium tumefaciens.

ABSTRACT: In the rhizosphere, bacteria-phage interactions are likely to have important impacts on the ecology of microbial communities and microbe-plant interactions. To better understand the dynamics of Agrobacteria-phage interactions, we have isolated diverse bacteriophages which infect the bacterial plant pathogen, Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Here, we complete the genomic characterization of Agrobacteriumtumefaciens phages Atu_ph04 and Atu_ph08. Atu_ph04-a T4-like phage belonging to the Myoviridae family-was isolated from waste water and has a 143,349 bp genome that encodes 223 predicted open reading frames (ORFs). Based on phylogenetic analysis and whole-genome alignments, Atu_ph04 is a member of a newly described T4 superfamily that contains other Rhizobiales-i

SUBMITTER: Attai H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6630229 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature