PVJ1 Is Not the First Tailed Temperate Phage Infecting Bacteria from Genus Psychrobacillus. Comment on Liu et al. Isolation and Characterization of the First Temperate Virus Infecting Psychrobacillus from Marine Sediments. Viruses 2022, 14, 108.

Nikita Zrelovs,Janis Karuss,Maris Krievans,Kristaps Lamsters,Andris Dislers,Andris Kazaks

doi:10.3390/v14030495

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In a recent study published in Viruses [...].

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In a recent study published in Viruses [1], the authors claim to have isolated and characterized the first tailed temperate phage able to infect a bacterium from the genus
Psychrobacillus—Psychrobacillus phage PVJ1 (GenBank accession number: MZ983385). These claims, are misleading, as at least two tailed temperate siphophages infecting a Psychrobacillus sp. had their complete annotated genomes deposited in public biological sequence repositories prior to the public availability of phage PVJ1

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Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. In a recent study published in Viruses [1], the authors claim to have isolated and characterized the first tailed temperate phage able to infect a bacterium from the genus

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