Genomic structure of the Aeromonas bacteriophage pAh6-C and its comparative genomic analysis

Arch Virol. 2015 Feb;160(2):561-4. doi: 10.1007/s00705-014-2221-1. Epub 2014 Sep 5.

Abstract

pAh6-C is a virulent bacteriophage (phage), isolated from a river in Korea, that infects a multiple-antibiotic-resistant A. hydrophila strain, JUNAH. The double-stranded DNA genome of pAh6-C is composed of 53,744 bp with a G + C content of 52.83 %. The genome encodes 86 putative ORFs, four putative promoters, and seven transcriptional terminator regions. Genome sequence analysis of pAh6-C and comparative analysis with the homologous Shewanella phage Spp001 revealed that there is a high degree of similarity between pAh6-C and Spp001 in 50 of the 86 ORFs of pAh6-C. The results of this investigation indicate that pAh6-C is closely related to Spp001, especially in the genes coding for proteins involved in DNA metabolism.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aeromonas / virology*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Bacteriophages / genetics*
  • Base Sequence
  • Chromosome Mapping
  • DNA, Viral / genetics*
  • Fish Diseases / microbiology
  • Genome, Viral / genetics*
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / veterinary
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Myoviridae / genetics*
  • Promoter Regions, Genetic
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
  • Viral Proteins / genetics

Substances

  • DNA, Viral
  • Viral Proteins

Associated data

  • GENBANK/KJ858521