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Genome Sequence of a Newly Isolated F2 Subcluster Mycobacteriophage from the Black Belt Geological Region of Western Alabama.

ABSTRACT: The bacteriophage Demsculpinboyz was discovered in a soil sample from the Black Belt region of Alabama using Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 as its host. The genome is 57,437 bp long and contains 116 protein-coding genes. It belongs to the F2 subcluster, which has only five other members.

SUBMITTER: Fast KM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5786693 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Genome Sequence of a Newly Isolated F2 Subcluster Mycobacteriophage from the Black Belt Geological Region of Western Alabama.

Fast Kayla M KM Keener Tracy T Ali Rakim R Butcher Brittany M BM Millwood Joshua D JD Odom Timothy T Schellhammer P Kiersten PK Ufomadu Ezekiel E Sandel Michael W MW

Genome announcements 20180125 4

The bacteriophage Demsculpinboyz was discovered in a soil sample from the Black Belt region of Alabama using <i>Mycobacterium smegmatis</i> mc<sup>2</sup>155 as its host. The genome is 57,437 bp long and contains 116 protein-coding genes. It belongs to the F2 subcluster, which has only five other members. ...[more]

PMID: 29371367

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