Abstract
Staphylococcus aureus is a well-known pathogen that causes several serious diseases in humans and animals. As part of the efforts to control this pathogen, a newly isolated bacteriophage, SA12, which specifically targets S. aureus, was characterized, and its genome was completely sequenced. Host range and bacteriophage challenge tests demonstrated its specific and efficient host lysis of S. aureus. The genome of phage SA12 consists of 42,902 bp length double-stranded DNA with 58 predicted ORFs-encoding phage structure, DNA manipulation, packaging, host lysis, and regulation proteins. The characterization and genome study of phage SA12 in this report is useful for understanding S. aureus-targeting bacteriophages and provides basic information for the further development of phage-based biocontrol agents against S. aureus.
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This research was supported by the R&D Convergence Center Support Program, Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of Korea. Y. Chang and H. Shin were the recipients of a graduate fellowship provided by the MEST through the Brain Korea 21 Project. Nucleotide sequence accession number. The nucleotide sequence has been deposited in GenBank under accession number KC677663.
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Chang, Y., Lee, JH., Shin, H. et al. Characterization and complete genome sequence analysis of Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophage SA12. Virus Genes 47, 389–393 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11262-013-0938-7
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