Complete Genome Sequences of Three Novel Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 Bacteriophages, Noxifer, Phabio, and Skulduggery

Joanna K Wojtus; Jess L Fitch; Eli Christian; Tara Dalefield; Jacob K Lawes; Kirtana Kumar; Craig L Peebles; Eric Altermann; Heather L Hendrickson

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00725-17

Complete Genome Sequences of Three Novel Pseudomonas fluorescens SBW25 Bacteriophages, Noxifer, Phabio, and Skulduggery

Genome Announc. 2017 Aug 3;5(31):e00725-17. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00725-17.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Massey Phage Whānau, Institute of Natural and Mathematical Science, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand.
² School of Life Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
³ Department of Biological Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.
⁴ AgResearch, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
⁵ Riddet Institute, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
⁶ Massey Phage Whānau, Institute of Natural and Mathematical Science, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand h.hendrickson@massey.ac.nz.

Abstract

Three novel bacteriophages, two of which are jumbophages, were isolated from compost in Auckland, New Zealand. Noxifer, Phabio, and Skulduggery are double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) phages with genome sizes of 278,136 bp (Noxifer), 309,157 bp (Phabio), and 62,978 bp (Skulduggery).