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Tyler Higbee1, Shih-Hung Yang1, Russell Moreland1
1Center for Phage Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
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|October 5, 2019
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Here, we announce the genome of the Escherichia coli 4s siphophage Shashou, which presents similarity to members of the Guernseyvirinae subfamily. Shashou is predicted to use a headful packaging mechanism for its 44,155-bp genome and to encode 77 proteins.
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