Complete Genome Sequences of Two Enterococcus faecalis Bacteriophages, EFGrKN and EFGrNG, Targeted to Phage Therapy

Sivan Alkalay-Oren; Naama Gold; Leron Khalifa; Ortal Yerushalmy; Shunit Coppenhagen-Glazer; Ran Nir-Paz; Ronen Hazan

doi:10.1128/MRA.00126-21

Complete Genome Sequences of Two Enterococcus faecalis Bacteriophages, EFGrKN and EFGrNG, Targeted to Phage Therapy

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2021 Apr 22;10(16):e00126-21. doi: 10.1128/MRA.00126-21.

Authors

Sivan Alkalay-Oren^#¹, Naama Gold^#¹, Leron Khalifa¹, Ortal Yerushalmy¹, Shunit Coppenhagen-Glazer¹, Ran Nir-Paz², Ronen Hazan³

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Dental Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
² Department of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
³ Institute of Dental Sciences, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel ronenh@ekmd.huji.ac.il.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

EFGrKN and EFGrNG are new Enterococcus faecalis phages that were isolated from sewage samples as part of the Israeli Phage Bank (IPB). The complete genomes were sequenced, analyzed, and deposited in GenBank. According to their lytic activity in vitro, it seems that these phages have a potential to be used in future phage therapy treatments.