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Jinha Kim1, Tyler Higbee2, James Clark3
1Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
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|January 8, 2021
Abstract:
Streptomyces are Gram-negative soil bacteria that can degrade lignin and synthesize antibiotics. Some species cause mycetoma, pneumonitis, and bloodstream infections. Here, we present the genome sequence of the Streptomyces sp. strain Mg1 phage Salutena, a siphovirus in the subfamily Arquatrovirinae The genome is 51,993 bp, with 90 predicted protein-coding genes.
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