Characterization and Genome Sequence of the Mycobacteriophage Donny

Lauren E Colston; Miriam Segura-Totten; Ryan A Shanks

doi:10.1128/MRA.00373-20

Characterization and Genome Sequence of the Mycobacteriophage Donny

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2020 Jul 23;9(30):e00373-20. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00373-20.

Authors

Lauren E Colston¹, Miriam Segura-Totten², Ryan A Shanks³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Kinesiology, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia, USA.
² Department of Biology, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia, USA.
³ Department of Biology, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia, USA Ryan.Shanks@ung.edu.

Abstract

We report the discovery of the novel bacteriophage Donny, a Siphoviridae virus that infects Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155. Donny has a genome length of 69,691 bp and a G+C content of 68.5%. Donny shares 99% and 93% nucleotide identity with bacteriophages Acadian and Baee, respectively.