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Complete Genome Sequence of Pseudomonas Phage Motto

Authors: Prasanth Manohar, Archana Loganathan, Ramesh Nachimuthu, Belinda Loh, Long Ma, Dann Turner, Sebastian Leptihn

ABSTRACT

We describe the complete genome sequence of bacteriophage Motto, which infects clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Motto is a T1-like siphovirus related to members of the family Drexlerviridae and has a capsid width of ~57 nm and a tail length of ~255 nm. The 49.9-kb genome contains 84 protein-coding genes.

https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mra.00740-22

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Published by Dr. Prasanth Manohar, Ph.D.,

Early career researcher in the field of Microbiology. Phage biologist, Author, Editor and Scientific writer. Expertise is in bacteriophage biology & genetics, Phage Therapy, ssRNA phages, Phage lysis systems, Single-cell analysis, protein antibiotics, and Antibiotic Resistance.