1 Microbial Biology Graduate Program, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
2 Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
3 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
4 Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.
The annotated whole-genome sequences of five cultured phietaviruses infecting Staphylococcus aureus are presented. They are closely related to prophages that were previously sequenced as part of S. aureus genomes.