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ArticlePloS one2024

Characterization of Enterobacter phage vB_EcRAM-01, a new Pseudotevenvirus against Enterobacter cloacae, isolated in an urban river in Panama.

Ednner E Victoria-Blanco, Jean Pierre González-Gómez, Juan Raúl Medina-Sánchez, Alexander A Martínez, Nohelia Castro Del Campo, Cristóbal Chaidez-Quiroz, Jordi Querol-Audi, Alex Omar Martínez-Torres

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Ednner E Victoria-BlancoFacultad de Medicina, Programa de Maestría en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá, Panamá.ORCID 0000-0002-1088-7376
Jean Pierre González-GómezLaboratorio Nacional para la Investigación en Inocuidad Alimentaria (LANIIA), Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. (CIAD), Culiacán, Sinaloa, México.
Juan Raúl Medina-SánchezLaboratorio de Microbiología Experimental y Aplicada y Microbiología de Aguas (LAMEXA-LAMA), Universidad de Panamá, Panamá, Panamá.ORCID 0000-0002-8137-4017
Alexander A MartínezFacultad de Medicina, Programa de Maestría en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá, Panamá.
Nohelia Castro Del CampoLaboratorio Nacional para la Investigación en Inocuidad Alimentaria (LANIIA), Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. (CIAD), Culiacán, Sinaloa, México.
Cristóbal Chaidez-QuirozLaboratorio Nacional para la Investigación en Inocuidad Alimentaria (LANIIA), Centro de Investigación en Alimentación y Desarrollo, A.C. (CIAD), Culiacán, Sinaloa, México.
Jordi Querol-AudiFacultad de Medicina, Programa de Maestría en Ciencias Biomédicas, Universidad de Panamá, Panamá, Panamá.ORCID 0000-0003-2892-7599
Alex Omar Martínez-TorresLaboratorio de Microbiología Experimental y Aplicada y Microbiología de Aguas (LAMEXA-LAMA), Universidad de Panamá, Panamá, Panamá.ORCID 0000-0002-5001-6217

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Abstract

The Enterobacter cloacae complex, a prominent bacterium responsible worldwide for most bloodstream infections in the hospital environment, has shown broad-spectrum antibiotic resistance, including carbapenems. Therefore, bacteriophages have again attracted the attention of the science and medical community as an alternative to control Multidrug resistant bacteria. In this study, water samples from Río Abajo River, in Panama City, Panama, were collected, for phage isolation, purification, characterization and propagation against the E. cloacae complex. As result, a phage produced clear and round plaque-forming units indicating a lytic phage was isolated. Further analyses concluded that this phage is stable at temperatures between 25°C and 50°C, it remains infective in a pH range between 7 to 11, with high sensitivity to Ultraviolet light. Remarkedly, it exhibits a narrow host specificity only infecting E. cloacae. Whole genome sequencing revealed that is a myovirus with a genome size of 178,477 bp, a G-C content of 45.8%, and containing approximately 294 genes. Among them, protein-encoding genes involved in morphology, inactivation, adsorption to cells, DNA injection and lytic enzymes were identified. Additionally, the genome contained two tRNA sequences. Genes that encode holins and endolysins, typical of lytic bacteriophages, were also present. A whole-genome sequencing analysis indicated that, according to the genus demarcation criteria, this phage belongs to a novel species within the Family Straboviridae, called genus Pseudotevenvirus.

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BacteriophagesEnterobacter cloacaeGenome, ViralMyoviridaeRiversHost SpecificityPanamaPhylogenyWhole Genome Sequencing

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