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Genomic characterization of two nickie-like bacteriophages that infect the kiwifruit canker phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae

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Here, we report the genomic characterization of two siphophages, named hairong and ZY21, that infect the kiwifruit canker phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. The genome sequences of hairong (112,842 bp) and ZY21 (112,006 bp) were determined. Global sequence comparison showed that hairong, ZY21, and two phages of the genus Nickievirus (nickie and psageB1) are similar but are not closely related to any other known phage, and they comprise a unique phylogenetic cluster. Moreover, hairong represents a new genus related to Nickievirus. Comparative genomic analysis revealed some common features shared by the four nickie-like phages.

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The genome sequences described in this study have been deposited in the GenBank database under accession nos. OM223115 (hairong) and OM140839 (ZY21).

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This work was funded by National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFD1000200), Yangtze River Kiwifruit Industry Technology Research Project (CJZX20210102), and an open grant from the Key Laboratory of Prevention and Control Agents for Animal Bacteriosis (Ministry of Agriculture) (KLPCAAB-2021-05).

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  1. School of Life Science and Technology, Wuhan Polytechnic University, Wuhan, China

    Hairong Zhang, Haoming Wu, Hai Xia & Chi Zeng

  2. CAS Engineering Laboratory for Kiwifruit Industrial Technology, CAS Key Laboratory of Plant Germplasm Enhancement and Specialty Agriculture, Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan, China

    Caihong Zhong & Li Li

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 C. Zeng and L. Li designed the study. H. Zhang performed the experiments. H. Zhang and C. Zeng analyzed the data. H. Wu, H. Xia and C. Zhong provided bioinformatics support. C. Zeng completed the paper. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Zhang, H., Wu, H., Xia, H. et al. Genomic characterization of two nickie-like bacteriophages that infect the kiwifruit canker phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae. Arch Virol 167, 1713–1715 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-022-05440-8

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