title: Complete genome sequence of wide-host-range Staphylococcus aureus phage JD007.
abstract: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus-related infections have become a serious problem worldwide. Bacteriophage therapy is an alternative approach against this threat. S. aureus phage JD007, which belongs to the Myoviridae family according to transmission electron microscopic imaging, could lyse nearly 30% of the S. aureus strains from Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai, China, and was isolated from chicken feces in Shanghai, China. The complete genome showed that JD007 is a linear, double-stranded DNA phage 141,836 bp in length with a GC content of 30.4% encoding 217 open reading frames. A BLAST search of the JD007 genome revealed that it was very similar to that of phage GH15.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Institutes of Medical Sciences, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Zelin
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Yanchun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Lingbin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Wenbin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qingtian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Jinhong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.forename: Xiaokui
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
mesh_terms: D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013204:Staphylococcus Phages / Q000235:genetics*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000821:virology*
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral