Nine Rhizobium phage genomes recovered from wastewater in Tempe, AZ, October 2019-March 2020

Brenda Bermudez-Rivera; Brooklyn Hampton; Cian Wheeler; Jacqueline Vargas; Srivatsan Swaminathan; Erin M Driver; Rolf U Halden; Arvind Varsani; Matthew Scotch; Temitope O C Faleye

doi:10.1128/mra.00680-24

Nine Rhizobium phage genomes recovered from wastewater in Tempe, AZ, October 2019-March 2020

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Oct 10;13(10):e0068024. doi: 10.1128/mra.00680-24. Epub 2024 Sep 19.

Authors

Brenda Bermudez-Rivera^#^{1

2}, Brooklyn Hampton^#^{1

2}, Cian Wheeler^#^{1

2}, Jacqueline Vargas^#^{1

2}, Srivatsan Swaminathan^#^{1

2}, Erin M Driver¹, Rolf U Halden^{1

3

4}, Arvind Varsani⁵, Matthew Scotch^{1

6}, Temitope O C Faleye¹

Affiliations

¹ Biodesign Institute, Center for Environmental Health Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
² School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
³ School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
⁴ OneWaterOneHealth, Nonprofit Project of the Arizona State University Foundation, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
⁵ Biodesign Center for Fundamental and Applied Microbiomics, Center for Evolution and Medicine, School of Life Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.
⁶ College of Health Solutions, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

We describe nine Rhizobium microvirus genomes identified in wastewater in Tempe, AZ, USA, between October 2019 and March 2020. The major capsid protein (MCP) encoded in these genomes phylogenetically cluster together and are distinct from the MCPs of Rhizobium microviruses identified in Mexico and Argentina.

Keywords: Arizona; Rhizobium phage; major capsid protein; microvirus; wastewater.

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