Biodiversity of New Lytic Bacteriophages Infecting Shigella spp. in Freshwater Environment.

ABSTRACT: Bacteriophages, viruses that infect and replicate within prokaryotic cells are the most abundant life forms in the environment, yet the vast majority of them have not been properly reported or even discovered. Almost all reported bacteriophages infecting the Enterobacteriaceae family, with Escherichia coli being the major subject of studies, have been isolated from wastewater, sewage, and effluent resources. In the present study, we focused on the distribution and biodiversity of Shigella phages in an aquatic ecosystem. While no Shigella bacteria was recovered from the Yangtze River, three lytic phages were isolated from this ecosystem and were subjected to biological, morphological, and genomic characteristics. Comparative genomics and phylogenetic analyses dem

SUBMITTER: Shahin K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7925395 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature