The genome and proteome of a virulent Escherichia coli O157:H7 bacteriophage closely resembling Salmonella phage Felix O1.
Based upon whole genome and proteome analysis, Escherichia coli O157:H7-specific bacteriophage (phage) wV8 belongs to the new myoviral genus, "the Felix O1-like viruses" along with Salmonella phage Felix O1 and Erwinia amylovora phage phiEa21-4. The genome characteristics of phage wV8 (size 88.49 kb, mol%G+C 38.9, 138 ORFs, 23 tRNAs) are very similar to those of phage Felix O1 (86.16 kb, 39.0 mol%G+C, 131 ORFs and 22 tRNAs) and, indeed most of the proteins have their closest homologs within Felix O1. Approximately one-half of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 mutants resistant to phage wV8 still serotype as O157:H7 indicating that this phage may recognize, like coliphage T4, two different surface receptors: lipopolysaccharide and, perhaps, an outer membrane protein.
Villegas
Andre
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Public Health Agency of Canada, Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses, 110 Stone Road West, Guelph, ON, N1G 3W4, Canada. Andre_Villegas@phac-aspc.gc.ca
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Yi-Min
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Kropinski
Andrew M
AM
Lingohr
Erika J
EJ
Mazzocco
Amanda
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Ojha
Shivani
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Waddell
Thomas E
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Ackermann
Hans-Wolfgang
HW
Moyles
Dianne M
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Ahmed
Rafiq
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Johnson
Roger P
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D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D003090:Coliphages / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity; D019453:Escherichia coli O157 / Q000821:virology*; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides / Q000378:metabolism; D017900:Myoviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity; D020543:Proteome; D012483:Salmonella Phages / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014774:Virulence
D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D008070:Lipopolysaccharides; D020543:Proteome; D014764:Viral Proteins