Draft Genome Sequence of Escherichia Phage PGN829.1, Active against Highly Drug-Resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Naveen Chaudhary; Balvinder Mohan; Neelam Taneja

doi:10.1128/MRA.01141-18

Draft Genome Sequence of Escherichia Phage PGN829.1, Active against Highly Drug-Resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2018 Nov 21;7(20):e01141-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01141-18. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Authors

Naveen Chaudhary¹, Balvinder Mohan¹, Neelam Taneja¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.

Abstract

The Escherichia phage PGN829.1 was isolated from sewage of a tertiary care referral hospital in North India. It lyses multiple strains of highly drug-resistant uropathogenic E. coli. It belongs to the family Podoviridae. Its genome is closest to that of Escherichia phage Vb_EcoP_PhAPEC7.