Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas phage Ep4 lysing the kiwifruit canker bacteria

Mitsuo Aono; Haruka Yagi; Kappei Kobayashi

doi:10.1128/mra.00947-23

Complete genome sequence of Pseudomonas phage Ep4 lysing the kiwifruit canker bacteria

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Jan 17;13(1):e0094723. doi: 10.1128/mra.00947-23. Epub 2023 Dec 19.

Authors

Mitsuo Aono^{1

2}, Haruka Yagi¹, Kappei Kobayashi²

Affiliations

¹ Fruit Tree Research Center, Ehime Research Institute of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries , Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.
² The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Ehime University , Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.

Abstract

Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae is a pathogen of kiwifruit canker. Ep4, a bacteriophage lysing the pathogenic bacteria, was isolated from an affected plant. Sequencing and annotation have revealed 44,614-bp genome with 52 predicted open reading frames. Ep4 is closest to Pseudomonas phage YMC11/06/C171_PPU_BP, albeit with low homology.

Keywords: bacteriophage; genome sequence; kiwifruit canker.