Paenibacillus larvae Phage Tripp Genome Has 378-Base-Pair Terminal Repeats

J Abraham; A-C Bousquet; E Bruff; N Carson; A Clark; A Connell; Z Davis; J Dums; C Everington; A Groth; N Hawes; N McArthur; C McKenney; A Oufkir; B Pearce; S Rampal; H Rozier; J Schaff; T Slehria; S Carson; E S Miller

doi:10.1128/genomeA.01498-15

Paenibacillus larvae Phage Tripp Genome Has 378-Base-Pair Terminal Repeats

Genome Announc. 2016 Jan 7;4(1):e01498-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01498-15.

Authors

J Abraham¹, A-C Bousquet¹, E Bruff¹, N Carson¹, A Clark¹, A Connell¹, Z Davis¹, J Dums¹, C Everington¹, A Groth¹, N Hawes¹, N McArthur¹, C McKenney¹, A Oufkir¹, B Pearce¹, S Rampal¹, H Rozier¹, J Schaff¹, T Slehria¹, S Carson¹, E S Miller²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.
² Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA eric_miller@ncsu.edu.

Abstract

Paenibacillus larvae bacteriophage Tripp was isolated from an American foulbrood diseased honey bee hive in North Carolina, USA. The 54,439-bp genome is 48.3% G+C, encodes 92 proteins, no tRNAs, and has 378-bp direct terminal repeats. It is currently unique in Genbank.

Grants and funding

We recognize support from the NC State Biotechnology Program, which is general classroom and teaching resources, and the Bayer Bee Care Center, which is general interactions and scientific discussions. Neither entity supports through direct grants or contracts to these findings.