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Characterization and complete genome sequence analysis of the novel phage RPZH3 infecting Ralstonia solanacearum

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A novel lytic Ralstonia phage, RPZH3, was isolated from the soil of a tobacco field via a double agar overlay plaque assay. The phage has an icosahedral head 75 ± 5 nm in diameter with a short tail about 15 ± 5 nm in length. It was able to infect 18 out of 30 tested strains of R. solanacearum isolated from tobacco, sweet potato, tomato, pepper, and eggplant. The latent period of the phage was 80 min, and the burst period was 60 min with a burst size of about 27 pfu/cell. The phage was stable at pH 4–12 at 28°C, and it was also stable at temperatures from 45°C to 60°C at pH 7.0. The complete genome of phage RPZH3 consists of 65,958 bp, with a GC content of 64.93%. The genome contains 93 open reading frames (ORFs) and encodes a tRNA for cysteine. Nucleotide sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis indicated that RPZH3 is a new member of the genus Gervaisevirus belonging to the class Caudoviricetes.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by a grant from the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2017YFD0201106-02), the Guiding Projects in Fujian Province (2022N0004), and Fujian Provincial Company of China Tobacco (2022350000240061, 201735000027130). We thank Dr. Peter Buchanan, Landcare Research, New Zealand, for his review of the manuscript.

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  1. College of Plant Protection, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, 350002, Fuzhou, Fujian, China

    Zhijian Lin, Fangping Hu & Xueqing Cai

  2. Institute of Tobacco Science, Fujian Provincial Tobacco Company, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350013, China

    Gang Gu & Ting Zhou

  3. College of Computer and Information Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350002, China

    Changjiang Chen

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The complete genome sequence of phage RPZH3 was deposited in the GenBank database under the accession number MZ870514.

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Lin, Z., Gu, G., Chen, C. et al. Characterization and complete genome sequence analysis of the novel phage RPZH3 infecting Ralstonia solanacearum. Arch Virol 168, 105 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-023-05737-2

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