Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis Bacteriophage Smudge

Jessica L Cornell; Eileen Breslin; Zachary Schuhmacher; Madison Himelright; Cassandra Berluti; Charles Boyd; Rachel Carson; Elle Del Gallo; Caris Giessler; Benjamin Gilliam; Catherine Heatherly; Julius Nevin; Bryan Nguyen; Justin Nguyen; Jocelyn Parada; Blake Sutterfield; Muruj Tukruni; Louise Temple

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00572-16

Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis Bacteriophage Smudge

Genome Announc. 2016 Aug 18;4(4):e00572-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00572-16.

Authors

Jessica L Cornell¹, Eileen Breslin¹, Zachary Schuhmacher¹, Madison Himelright¹, Cassandra Berluti¹, Charles Boyd¹, Rachel Carson¹, Elle Del Gallo¹, Caris Giessler¹, Benjamin Gilliam¹, Catherine Heatherly¹, Julius Nevin¹, Bryan Nguyen¹, Justin Nguyen¹, Jocelyn Parada¹, Blake Sutterfield¹, Muruj Tukruni¹, Louise Temple²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Integrated Science & Technology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.
² Department of Integrated Science & Technology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA templelm@jmu.edu.

Abstract

Smudge, a bacteriophage enriched from soil using Bacillus thuringiensis DSM-350 as the host, had its complete genome sequenced. Smudge is a myovirus with a genome consisting of 292 genes and was identified as belonging to the C1 cluster of Bacillus phages.