The Novel Phages phiCD5763 and phiCD2955 Represent Two Groups of Big Plasmidial Siphoviridae Phages of Clostridium difficile

Until recently, Clostridium difficile phages were limited to Myoviruses and Siphoviruses of medium genome length (32–57 kb). Here we report the finding of phiCD5763, a Siphovirus with a large extrachromosomal circular genome (132.5 kb, 172 ORFs) and a large capsid (205.6 ± 25.6 nm in diameter) infec...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Microbiology
Main Authors:	Gabriel Ramírez-Vargas, Shan Goh, César Rodríguez
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-01
Subjects:	Clostridium difficile big bacteriophages siphovirus phiCD5763 phiCD2955 phiCD211/phiCDIF1296T
Online Access:	http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2018.00026/full