(American Society for Microbiology, 2022-11-21)
Cleary, Katherine E.; Fakhri, Anna M.; Dionne, Ethan N.; Warner, Marcie; DeGiorgis, Joseph A.; Cornely, Kathleen
Mycobacteriophage Tarkin is a newly isolated phage that infects Mycobacterium smegmatis mc155. Tarkin was discovered in Providence, RI, and has a 75,998-bp genome sequence. Tarkin is predicted to have 142 protein coding genes and 2 tRNA genes. Based on gene content similarity, Tarkin is grouped with mycobacteriophages in cluster E.
(American Society for Microbiology, 2023-08-28)
Fakhri, Anna M.; Warner, Marcie H.; DeGiorgis, Joseph A.; Cornely, Kathleen
Mycobacteriophage Rita infects Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 and was isolated from a soil sample collected in North Easton, Massachusetts. Assigned to cluster F1 based on sequence similarity to other phages in the same cluster, Rita has a 58,771 bp genome and encodes 104 genes. Rita is 98% similar to phage Bipolar.
