TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hardy, Aël
AU  - Sharma, Vikas
AU  - Kever, Larissa
AU  - Frunzke, Julia
TI  - Genome sequence and characterization of five bacteriophagesinfecting Streptomyces coelicolor and Streptomyces venezuelae: Alderaan, Coruscant, Dagobah, Endor1 and Endor2
JO  - Viruses
VL  - 12
IS  - 10
SN  - 1999-4915
CY  - Basel
PB  - MDPI
M1  - FZJ-2020-03223
SP  - 1065 -
PY  - 2020
AB  - Streptomyces are well-known antibiotic producers, also characterized by a complex morphological differentiation. Streptomyces, like all bacteria, are confronted with the constant threat of phage predation, which in turn shapes bacterial evolution. However, despite significant sequencing efforts recently, relatively few phages infecting Streptomyces have been characterized compared to other genera. Here, we present the isolation and characterization of five novel Streptomyces phages. All five phages belong to the Siphoviridae family, based on their morphology as determined by transmission electron microscopy. Genome sequencing and life style predictions suggested that four of them were temperate phages, while one had a lytic lifestyle. Moreover, one of the newly sequenced phages shows very little homology to already described phages, highlighting the still largely untapped viral diversity. Altogether, this study expands the number of characterized phages of Streptomyces and sheds light on phage evolution and phage-host dynamics in Streptomyces.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:32977693
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000587007800001
DO  - DOI:10.3390/v12101065
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/884729
ER  -