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

• 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

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.