Biology:Bacteriophage Giles
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Short description: Genus of viruses
| Mycobacterium virus Giles | |
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Virus classification 
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| (unranked): | Virus |
| Realm: | Duplodnaviria |
| Kingdom: | Heunggongvirae |
| Phylum: | Uroviricota |
| Class: | Caudoviricetes |
| Order: | Caudovirales |
| Family: | Siphoviridae |
| Genus: | Gilesvirus |
| Species: | Mycobacterium virus Giles
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Giles is a bacteriophage that infects Mycobacterium smegmatis bacteria.[1] The genome of this phage is very different from that of other mycobacteriophages and is highly mosaic. More than half of its predicted genes are novel and are not seen in other species.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Morris, P; Marinelli, LJ; Jacobs-Sera, D; Hendrix, RW; Hatfull, GF (March 2008). "Genomic characterization of mycobacteriophage Giles: evidence for phage acquisition of host DNA by illegitimate recombination". Journal of Bacteriology 190 (6): 2172–82. doi:10.1128/JB.01657-07. PMID 18178732.
- ↑ Hatfull, GF; Jacobs-Sera, D; Lawrence, JG; Pope, WH; Russell, DA; Ko, CC; Weber, RJ; Patel, MC et al. (Mar 19, 2010). "Comparative genomic analysis of 60 Mycobacteriophage genomes: genome clustering, gene acquisition, and gene size". Journal of Molecular Biology 397 (1): 119–43. doi:10.1016/j.jmb.2010.01.011. PMID 20064525.
- ↑ Dedrick, Rebekah M.; Marinelli, Laura J.; Newton, Gerald L.; Pogliano, Kit; Pogliano, Joseph; Hatfull, Graham F. (May 2013). "Functional requirements for bacteriophage growth: gene essentiality and expression in mycobacteriophage Giles". Molecular Microbiology 88 (3): 577–589. doi:10.1111/mmi.12210. PMID 23560716.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5561597 entry
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