Open AccessComplete Genome Sequence of Bacteriophage BC-611 Specifically Infecting Enterococcus faecalis Strain NP-10011
Author(s) -
Tomohiro Horiuchi,
Makiko Sakka,
Atsushi Hayashi,
Takashi Shimada,
Tetsuya Kimura,
Kazuo Sakka
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of virology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.617
H-Index - 292
eISSN - 1070-6321
pISSN - 0022-538X
DOI - 10.1128/jvi.01424-12
Subject(s) - biology , enterococcus faecalis , genome , strain (injury) , whole genome sequencing , bacteriophage , genetics , enterococcus , microbial genetics , computational biology , gene , bacteria , escherichia coli , anatomy
Enterococcus faecalis is an opportunistic pathogen that causes serious infections in humans and animals and is also an important bacterium for dairy and probiotic supplement production. Therefore, bacteriophages infecting E. faecalis may be useful for phage therapy against multidrug-resistant strains or may threaten industrial fermentation. We isolated a virulent Siphoviridae bacteriophage, BC-611, specifically infecting E. faecalis strain NP-10011 but not infecting other E. faecalis strains or other enterococci. Although the genome sequence of BC-611 resembled that of enterococcal bacteriophage SAP6, BC-611 was marked by its narrow host specificity.
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