Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Bacteriophage Ray17.

Ryan Showalter,Ronald Raab,Louise Temple,Imraan Adat,Catherine Putonti

doi:10.1128/mra.00134-19

Abstract

Bacteria belonging to the genus Bacillus and their cognate viruses are easily found in the environment. Soil sampled from Rockingham County, VA, yielded the bacteriophage Ray17, which was isolated on Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Presented here is the complete genome sequence of the unique bacteriophage Ray17 with 43,733 bp and 75 predicted genes.

Highlights

Bacteria belonging to the genus Bacillus and their cognate viruses are found in the environment
There were 75 genes predicted in the genome of Ray[17]
SPP1 has been previously identified as a lytic phage; the authors did not indicate whether it was an obligately lytic phage (6)

Summary

Introduction

Bacteria belonging to the genus Bacillus and their cognate viruses are found in the environment. Ray[17] was a siphophage (head, ϳ60 nm; tail, ϳ285 nm) (Fig. 1). The 43,733-bp genome had a GϩC content of 44.55%, correlating closely with the host GϩC content of 43.50%. Using PhageTerm, the genome was predicted to be circularly permuted and terminally redundant (4).

Results

Conclusion