Complete Genome Sequences of Three Bacillus anthracis Bacteriophages

Sivan Alkalay; Sarit Sternberg; Shunit Coppenhagen-Glazer; Ronen Hazan

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01164-17

Complete Genome Sequences of Three Bacillus anthracis Bacteriophages

Genome Announc. 2018 Jan 4;6(1):e01164-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01164-17.

Authors

Sivan Alkalay¹, Sarit Sternberg¹, Shunit Coppenhagen-Glazer¹, Ronen Hazan²

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Dental Sciences, Hebrew University, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Faculty of Dental Sciences, Hebrew University, Hadassah School of Dental Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel ronenh@ekmd.huji.ac.il.

Abstract

The new highly effective Bacillus anthracis phages Negev_SA, Carmel_SA, and Tavor_SA were isolated from soil samples, and their complete genomes were sequenced and analyzed. The isolated phages have potential use in future phage therapy treatment against anthrax.