title: Complete genome sequence of a giant Vibrio bacteriophage VH7D.
abstract: A Vibrio sp. lytic phage VH7D was isolated from seawater of an abalone farm in Xiamen, China. The phage was capable of lysing Vibrio rotiferianus DSM 17186(T) and Vibrio harveyi DSM 19623(T). The complete genome of this phage consists of 246,964 nucleotides with a GC content of 41.31%, which characterized it as a giant vibriophage. Here we report the complete genome sequence and major findings from the genomic annotation.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 178 Daxue Road, Xiamen 361005, PR China; Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, PR China. Electronic address: luozhuhua@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Zhu-Hua
authors.initials: ZH
authors.lastname: Luo
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 178 Daxue Road, Xiamen 361005, PR China; Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, PR China.
authors.forename: Yan-Ping
authors.initials: YP
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research Warnemünde, Rostock 18119, Germany.
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jost
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 178 Daxue Road, Xiamen 361005, PR China; Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, PR China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Marine Biogenetic Resources, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, 178 Daxue Road, Xiamen 361005, PR China; Fujian Collaborative Innovation Center for Exploitation and Utilization of Marine Biological Resources, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiang-Ling
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D015967:Gene Expression Regulation, Viral; D016679:Genome, Viral; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012367:RNA, Viral / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014733:Vibrio / Q000821:virology*; D014764:Viral Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D012367:RNA, Viral; D014764:Viral Proteins
keywords: Bacteriophage; Genome sequence; Myoviridae; Vibrio