A new virulent phage infecting Lactococcus garvieae, with homology to Lactococcus lactis phages
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2015
Citazione:
A new virulent phage infecting Lactococcus garvieae, with homology to Lactococcus lactis phages / G. Eraclio, D.M. Tremblay, A. Lacelle-Côté, S.J. Labrie, M.G. Fortina, S. Moineau. - In: APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0099-2240. - 81:24(2015 Dec), pp. 8358-8365. [10.1128/AEM.02603-15]
Abstract:
A new virulent phage belonging to the Siphoviridae family and able to infect Lactococcus garvieae strains was isolated from compost soil. Phage GE1 has a prolate capsid (56 x 38nm) and a long non-contractile tail (123 nm). It had a burst size of 139 and a latent period of 31 min. Its host range was limited to only two L. garvieae strains out of 73 tested. Phage GE1 has a double-stranded DNA genome of 24,478 bp containing 48 predicted open reading frames (orfs). Putative functions could be assigned to only 14 ORFs and significant matches in public databases were found for only 17 ORFs, indicating that GE1 is a novel phage and its genome encodes several new viral genes/proteins. Of these 17 ORFs, 16 were homologous to deduced proteins of virulent phages infecting the dairy bacterium Lactococcus lactis, including previously characterized prolate-headed phages. Comparative genome analysis confirmed the relatedness of L. garvieae phage GE1 to L. lactis phages c2 (22,172 bp) and Q54 (26,537 bp), although its genome organization was closer to that of phage c2. Phage GE1 did not infect any of the 58 L. lactis strains tested. This study suggests that phages infecting different lactococcal species may have a common ancestor.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
lactococcus garvieae; lactococcus lactis; lytic phages
Elenco autori:
G. Eraclio, D.M. Tremblay, A. Lacelle Côté, S.J. Labrie, M.G. Fortina, S. Moineau
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