Psychrobacter Phage Encoding an Antibiotics Resistance Gene Represents a Novel Caudoviral Family

Although Psychrobacter is a well-known and important bacterial genus that is widespread in Antarctic and marine environments, genetic characterization of its phages is still rare. This study describes a novel Psychrobacter phage containing an uncharacterized antibiotic resistance gene and representi...

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Published in:Microbiology Spectrum
Main Authors: Wang, Hongmin, Ren, Linyi, Liang, Yantao, Zheng, Kaiyang, Guo, Ruizhe, Liu, Yundan, Wang, Ziyue, Han, Ying, Zhang, Xinran, Shao, Hongbing, Sung, Yeong Yik, Mok, Wen Jye, Wong, Li Lian, McMinn, Andrew, Wang, Min
Other Authors: Rouzine, Igor M
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023
Subjects:
Infectious Diseases
Cell Biology
Microbiology (medical)
Genetics
General Immunology and Microbiology
Ecology
Physiology
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.05335-22
https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.05335-22
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Summary:Although Psychrobacter is a well-known and important bacterial genus that is widespread in Antarctic and marine environments, genetic characterization of its phages is still rare. This study describes a novel Psychrobacter phage containing an uncharacterized antibiotic resistance gene and representing a new virus family, Minviridae . The characterization provided here will bolster current understanding of genomes, diversity, evolution, and phage-host interactions in Psychrobacter populations.

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