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Paige Ripberger1,2, Guadalupe Valencia-Toxqui1,2, Jolene Ramsey1,2
1Department of Biology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, USA.
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|October 31, 2025
Abstract:
In this report, we describe the isolation and genomic annotation of Escherichia phage Midge. A P2-like myophage, Midge, has a 29,617 bp genome. By nucleotide similarity, Midge is most closely related to Erwinia phage EtG.
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