Complete Genome Sequence of the Lytic Bacteriophage Phab24, Which Infects Clinical Strains of the Nosocomial Pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii.

ABSTRACT: Phab24 was isolated from river water in Zhejiang Province, China, and exhibits lytic activity against clinical isolates of the nosocomial pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii (X. Wang, B. Loh, Y. Yu, X. Hua, et al., bioRxiv 2021.07.23.453473, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.23.453473). The bacteriophage belongs to the Myoviridae family and has a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genome sequence that is 93,604 bp long, containing 172 open reading frames (ORFs).

SUBMITTER: Loh B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8496359 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature