title: Complete Nucleotide Sequence and Molecular Characterization of Bacillus Phage TP21 and its Relatedness to Other Phages with the Same Name.
abstract: Three different Bacillus bacteriophages designated TP21 are known from the literature. We have determined the sequence and structure of the TP21-L genome, and compared it to the other phages. The genome is 37.5 kb in size, possesses fixed invariable genome ends and features the typical modular organization of a temperate siphovirus. TP21-L is neither identical to TP21 isolated by Thorne (TP21-T), as shown by a PCR-based approach nor to TP21 isolated by He et al. (TP21-H), as estimated from phage dimensions. For reasons of clarity, we suggest renaming the different TP21 isolates.
authors: Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors: Jochen
authors: J
authors: Klumpp
authors: University of California, 510 Barker Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors: Richard
authors: R
authors: Calendar
authors: Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, ETH Zurich, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland.
authors: Martin J
authors: MJ
authors: Loessner