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Sequence analysis of Discoknowium, an A5 mycobacteriophage.

Carline, Kate B R; Fleeharty, Megan S; Fang, Lin; Shijo, Mahima; Doherty, Mitchell K; Riddick, Zoe A; Royster, Marcus O; Stukes, Amiyah R; Tchadi, Bilalay V; Thomas, Alana N; Williamson, Kurt E; Saha, Margaret S.

Microbiol Resour Announc ; 13(1): e0092023, 2024 Jan 17.

Article En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38047653

Discoknowium is a temperate A5 bacteriophage that infects the bacterial host Mycobacterium smegmatis. Isolated from a rat fecal sample, Discoknowium's genome is 50,222 bp in length, contains 84 genes and 1 tRNA, and shares 82%-98% nucleotide identity with other A5 subcluster phages.