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ArticlePloS one2016

Locating and Activating Molecular 'Time Bombs': Induction of Mycolata Prophages.

Zoe A Dyson, Teagan L Brown, Ben Farrar, Stephen R Doyle, Joseph Tucci, Robert J Seviour, Steve Petrovski

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Article in PloS one, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 authors.

Zoe A DysonLa Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences, Bendigo, VIC, Australia.
Teagan L BrownLa Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences, Bendigo, VIC, Australia.
Ben FarrarLa Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences, Bendigo, VIC, Australia.
Stephen R DoyleDepartment of Animal, Plant & Soil Sciences, Latrobe University, Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
Joseph TucciLa Trobe Institute of Molecular Sciences, Bendigo, VIC, Australia.
Robert J SeviourDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University Bundoora, VIC, Australia.
Steve PetrovskiDepartment of Physiology, Anatomy and Microbiology, La Trobe University Bundoora, VIC, Australia.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Little is known about the prevalence, functionality and ecological roles of temperate phages for members of the mycolic acid producing bacteria, the Mycolata. While many lytic phages infective for these organisms have been isolated, and assessed for their suitability for use as biological control agents of activated sludge foaming, no studies have investigated how temperate phages might be induced for this purpose. Bioinformatic analysis using the PHAge Search Tool (PHAST) on Mycolata whole genome sequence data in GenBank for members of the genera Gordonia, Mycobacterium, Nocardia, Rhodococcus, and Tsukamurella revealed 83% contained putative prophage DNA sequences. Subsequent prophage inductions using mitomycin C were conducted on 17 Mycolata strains. This led to the isolation and genome characterization of three novel Caudovirales temperate phages, namely GAL1, GMA1, and TPA4, induced from Gordonia alkanivorans, Gordonia malaquae, and Tsukamurella paurometabola, respectively. All possessed highly distinctive dsDNA genome sequences.

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Virus ActivationActinomycetalesChromosome MappingEvolution, MolecularGenome, ViralGordonia BacteriumMutagenesis, InsertionalNocardiaProphagesRhodococcusSewageSewage

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PMCPMC4972346

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