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

• Published in: Microbiology Spectrum
• Main Authors: Hongmin Wang, Linyi Ren, Yantao Liang, Kaiyang Zheng, Ruizhe Guo, Yundan Liu, Ziyue Wang, Ying Han, Xinran Zhang, Hongbing Shao, Yeong Yik Sung, Wen Jye Mok, Li Lian Wong, Andrew McMinn, Min Wang
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Society for Microbiology 2023
• Subjects: Psychrobacter phage; genomic and comparative genomic analysis; phylogenetic analysis; MarR2 family; Minviridae; Microbiology; QR1-502; Antarctic; Marr; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.05335-22; https://doaj.org/article/3ffffa316dc64d61b65d6a90e877be47

ABSTRACT Psychrobacter is an important bacterial genus that is widespread in Antarctic and marine environments. However, to date, only two complete Psychrobacter phage sequences have been deposited in the NCBI database. Here, the novel Psychrobacter phage vB_PmaS_Y8A, infecting Psychrobacter HM08A,...