Complete Genome Sequence of Brucella abortus Phage EF4, Determined Using Long-Read Sequencing

Calvin Cicha; Jodi Hedges; Ian Novak; Deann Snyder; Mark Jutila; Blake Wiedenheft

doi:10.1128/MRA.00212-20

Complete Genome Sequence of Brucella abortus Phage EF4, Determined Using Long-Read Sequencing

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Apr 30;9(18):e00212-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00212-20.

Authors

Calvin Cicha¹, Jodi Hedges¹, Ian Novak¹, Deann Snyder¹, Mark Jutila¹, Blake Wiedenheft²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA.
² Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, USA bwiedenheft@gmail.com.

Abstract

Brucellaphage EF4 was isolated from elk feces. The 38,321-bp double-stranded DNA genome is predicted to contain 72 coding regions, 38 of which have been assigned predicted functions. This phage displays nucleotide similarity to other brucellaphages of the genus Perisivirus.

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