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An Optimized Enrichment Technique for the Isolation of Arthrobacter Bacteriophage Species from Soil Sample Isolates
Published on: April 9, 2015
Isolation, characterization, and annotation of two bacteriophage from North Carolina soil using Arthrobacter
Sheridan R Publico1, Reagan R Rouland1, Britnee M Bensinger1
1Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University.
Abstract:
Bacteriophage HamCheese and Kihatsu are siphoviruses isolated from soil in Raleigh, NC and Clayton, NC, respectively, using Arthrobacter globiformis , B2979. HamCheese is assigned to actinobacteriophage cluster AS based on gene content similarity. Its 38454 base pair genome encodes 67 putative genes. Kihatsu is assigned to cluster FF phage, with a genome 43,237 base pairs in length encoding 67 putative genes and 2 tRNAs. Based on gene content, both pages are predicted to be temperate.
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