Biology:Mycobacterium phage patience

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Mycobacterium phage patience
Virus classification
Group:
Group I (dsDNA)
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Genus:
Barnyardlikevirus
Species:
Mycobacterium phage patience

Mycobacterium phage patience, also called Patience, is a bacteriophage that infects Mycobacterium smegmatis bacteria. The large difference between the GC content of this virus's genome (50.3%)[1] and that of its host (67.4%) indicate Patience likely evolved among bacteria of lower GC content but was able to infect M. smegmatis as well.[2]

References

  1. Jacobs-Sera, Deborah; Marinelli, Laura J.; Bowman, Charles; Broussard, Gregory W.; Guerrero Bustamante, Carlos; Boyle, Michelle M.; Petrova, Zaritza O.; Dedrick, Rebekah M. et al. (December 2012). "On the nature of mycobacteriophage diversity and host preference". Virology 434 (2): 187–201. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2012.09.026. PMID 23084079. 
  2. Pope, W. H.; Jacobs-Sera, D.; Russell, D. A.; Rubin, D. H. F.; Kajee, A.; Msibi, Z. N. P.; Larsen, M. H.; Jacobs, W. R. et al. (2 December 2014). "Genomics and Proteomics of Mycobacteriophage Patience, an Accidental Tourist in the Mycobacterium Neighborhood". mBio 5 (6): e02145-14–e02145-14. doi:10.1128/mBio.02145-14. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q19598433 entry