Complete Genome Sequence of the Streptococcus suis Temperate Bacteriophage ϕNJ2

Streptococcus suis is an important cause of meningitis, arthritis, and sudden death in young piglets and of meningitis in humans. A novel temperate S. suis-specific bacteriophage (ϕNJ2) was identified. The phage was induced from the S. suis strain NJ2 by using mitomycin C, and the whole genome seque...

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Autores principales: Tang, Fang, Bossers, Alex, Harders, Frank, Lu, Chengping, Smith, Hilde
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2013
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Viruses
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3569355/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23405352
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00008-12
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Sumario:Streptococcus suis is an important cause of meningitis, arthritis, and sudden death in young piglets and of meningitis in humans. A novel temperate S. suis-specific bacteriophage (ϕNJ2) was identified. The phage was induced from the S. suis strain NJ2 by using mitomycin C, and the whole genome sequence was determined. The ϕNJ2 genome is 37,282 bp in length and contains 56 open reading frames (ORFs). While 31 ORFs (55%) encoded hypothetical proteins, other ORFs were predicted to be functional, clearly indicating the novelty of ϕNJ2.

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