Complete Genome Sequences of Two Klebsiella pneumoniae Phages Isolated as Part of an International Effort

Ortal Yerushalmy; Shunit Coppenhagen-Glazer; Ran Nir-Paz; Henni Tuomala; Mikael Skurnik; Saija Kiljunen; Ronen Hazan

doi:10.1128/MRA.00843-19

Complete Genome Sequences of Two Klebsiella pneumoniae Phages Isolated as Part of an International Effort

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2019 Sep 19;8(38):e00843-19. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00843-19.

Authors

Ortal Yerushalmy¹, Shunit Coppenhagen-Glazer¹, Ran Nir-Paz², Henni Tuomala^{3

4}, Mikael Skurnik^{3

4}, Saija Kiljunen⁴, Ronen Hazan⁵

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Dental Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Division of Clinical Microbiology, Helsinki University Hospital, HUSLAB, Helsinki, Finland.
⁴ Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Medicum, Human Microbiome Research Program, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
⁵ Institute of Dental Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel ronenh@ekmd.huji.ac.il.

Abstract

We report the genomic sequences of phages KpCHEMY26 and KpGranit, isolated in Israel during a worldwide effort against a multidrug- and phage-resistant strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae from a patient in Finland. These results demonstrate the importance of an efficient worldwide network for collaborating in personalized therapy for infectious diseases.