Complete Genome Sequence of Lytic Bacteriophage VPUSM 8 against O1 El Tor Inaba Vibrio cholerae

Ali Al-Fendi; Rafidah Hanim Shueb; Phiaw Chong Foo; Manickam Ravichandran; Chan Yean Yean

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00073-17

Complete Genome Sequence of Lytic Bacteriophage VPUSM 8 against O1 El Tor Inaba Vibrio cholerae

Genome Announc. 2017 May 25;5(21):e00073-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00073-17.

Authors

Ali Al-Fendi^{1

2}, Rafidah Hanim Shueb¹, Phiaw Chong Foo³, Manickam Ravichandran⁴, Chan Yean Yean^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
² Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Cihan University Campus-Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
³ School of Health Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Applied Sciences, AIMST University, Semeling, Bedong, Kedah, Malaysia.
⁵ Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia yeancyn@yahoo.com.
⁶ Institute for Research in Molecular Medicine, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia.

Abstract

The complete genome sequence of bacteriophage VPUSM 8 against O1 El Tor Inaba Vibrio cholerae is reported here. The isolated VPUSM 8 has potential use in future phage therapy or as a biocontrol agent for the prevention and treatment of cholera.