Isolation and genome sequence annotation of KillerTomato, a newly discovered cluster EE bacteriophage infecting Microbacterium.

Discovered in Pocatello, Idaho, soil near a tomato garden, siphovirus KillerTomato infects Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224. KillerTomato is a lytic cluster EE phage with a 17,442-bp genome and 68.6% GC content. Of 25 genes, 20 were assigned putative functions, including a putative tail assembly chaperone protein with a programmed frameshift and an endolysin.

Isolation and genome sequence annotation of SallyK, a newly discovered cluster EG bacteriophage infecting Microbacterium.

Discovered from soil in a flower planter in Pocatello, Idaho and using Microbacterium foliorum, SallyK is a lytic bacteriophage with a siphovirus morphology. It has a 62,883 bp-long genome with 103 putative genes. Based on gene content similarity to actinobacteriophages, SallyK is assigned to cluster EG.