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Complete genome sequence of MP2445, a mycobacteriophage that can infect Mycobacterium bovis BCG and Mycobacterium fortuitum

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT Mycobacteriophage MP2445 exhibits siphovirus morphology and infects Mycobacterium smegmatis , Mycobacterium bovis BCG, and Mycobacterium fortuitum . Its genome is 50,711 bp in length, has a GC content of 63.34%, and contains 78 protein-coding sequences and one tRNA. MP2445 shares the highest nucleotide identity with phages in the A2 subcluster.

Source: Microbiology Resource Announcements

DOI: 10.1128/mra.00080-26

Authors: Xiaoya Zhu, Bo Xu, Jiawen Liu, Xuanran Chen, Furong Ma, Zhengzhong Xu, Xinan Jiao, Xiang Chen, Chengkun Zheng

Institutions: Yangzhou University, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Language: English

Topic: Bacteriophages and microbial interactions

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Government of Jiangsu Province, Yangzhou University

OpenAlex ID: W7154997368

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