Genome Sequence of Jumbo Phage vB_AbaM_ME3 of Acinetobacter baumanni

Colin Buttimer; Lisa O'Sullivan; Mohamed Elbreki; Horst Neve; Olivia McAuliffe; R Paul Ross; Colin Hill; Jim O'Mahony; Aidan Coffey

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00431-16

Genome Sequence of Jumbo Phage vB_AbaM_ME3 of Acinetobacter baumanni

Genome Announc. 2016 Aug 25;4(4):e00431-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00431-16.

Authors

Colin Buttimer¹, Lisa O'Sullivan¹, Mohamed Elbreki¹, Horst Neve², Olivia McAuliffe³, R Paul Ross³, Colin Hill⁴, Jim O'Mahony¹, Aidan Coffey⁵

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Co. Cork, Ireland.
² Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Max Rubner-Institut, Kiel, Germany.
³ Biotechnology Department, Teagasc, Moorepark Food Research Centre, Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland.
⁴ Department of Microbiology, University College Cork, Co. Cork, Ireland.
⁵ Department of Biological Sciences, Cork Institute of Technology, Co. Cork, Ireland aidan.coffey@cit.ie.

Abstract

Bacteriophage (phage) vB_AbaM_ME3 was previously isolated from wastewater effluent using the propagating host Acinetobacter baumannii DSM 30007. The full genome was sequenced, revealing it to be the largest Acinetobacter bacteriophage sequenced to date with a size of 234,900 bp and containing 326 open reading frames (ORFs).

Grants and funding

This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors.