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Kristina Sevcik1, Peace Preston2, Michaela Aulner3
1University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
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Abstract
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We isolated three mycobacteriophages that belong to cluster S, namely, Beelzebub, Raela, and RedRaider77. Annotation revealed a genome structure typical of cluster S phages, including an atypical location of two minor tail protein genes in the right arm of these viral genomes.
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