title: Complete genome sequence of Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteriophage vB_VpaM_MAR.
abstract: Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a major pathogen that is mainly associated with seafood and is a global food safety issue. Our objective was to isolate and completely sequence a specific phage against this bacterium. Phage vB_VpaM_MAR is able to lyse 76% of the V. parahaemolyticus strains tested. MAR belongs to the Myoviridae family and has a genome comprised of double-stranded DNA with a size of 41,351 bp, a G+C content of 51.3%, and 62 open reading frames (ORFs). Bioinformatic analysis showed that phage MAR is closely related to Vibrio phages VHML, VP58.5, and VP882 and Halomonas aquamarina phage ΦHAP-1.
authors.affiliation: Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Argentina
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alanis Villa
authors.forename: Andrew M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kropinski
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abbasifar
authors.forename: Mansel W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Griffiths
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D019295:Computational Biology; D016679:Genome, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017900:Myoviridae / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics; D012623:Seawater / Q000821:virology*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000821:virology*