Open AccessGenome Sequences of Mycobacterium smegmatis Phages Purgamenstris and PhancyPhin
Author(s) -
Amairani D. Ramirez Rendon,
Angelica Diaz-Sanchez,
Ryan J. Pool,
Fatin Ahmed,
Aissa Mendez,
Rosa C. Medellin,
Fabian A. Mendoza,
Richard C. E. Anderson,
Marlen A. Sanchez,
Jacqueline Ramos,
Rachna Sadana,
Sanghamitra Saha
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
microbiology resource announcements
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.383
H-Index - 35
ISSN - 2576-098X
DOI - 10.1128/mra.01288-20
Subject(s) - mycobacterium smegmatis , biology , mycobacterium , microbiology and biotechnology , genome , genetics , gene , bacteria , mycobacterium tuberculosis , tuberculosis , medicine , pathology
Two novel mycobacteriophages, PhancyPhin and Purgamenstris, were isolated from the Houston, Texas, area. They were isolated in the same year with the soil enrichment method using the host Mycobacterium smegmatis mc 2 155. They exhibit a 99.55% nucleotide identity with each other.