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Complete genome analysis of the novel Enterococcus faecalis phage vB_EfaS_AL3

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This work describes the characterization and genome annotation of a new lytic Enterococcus faecalis siphovirus, vB_EfaS_AL3 (referred to as AL3), isolated from wastewater samples collected in Liaoning Province, China. The genome of phage AL3 is composed of linear double-stranded DNA that is 40,789 bp in length with a G + C content of 34.84% and 61 putative protein-coding genes. Phylogenetic and comparative genomic analyses indicate that phage AL3 should be considered a novel phage.

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The authors thank members of Professor Yigang Tong’s group at the Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology for help with sequence analysis.

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This work was financially supported by the National Public Science and Technology Research Funds Projects of Ocean (Grant no. 201405003).

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  1. School of Bioengineering, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, 116024, China

    Yuyu Yuan, Lili Wang, Cong Cong, Xiaoyu Li & Yongping Xu

  2. Dalian SEM Bio-Engineering Technology Co. Ltd., Dalian, 116620, China

    Demeng Tan

  3. Ministry of Education Center for Food Safety of Animal Origin, Dalian, 116600, China

    Lili Wang, Xiaoyu Li & Yongping Xu

  4. State Key Laboratory of Pathogen and Biosecurity, Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, 100071, China

    Feiyang Zhao

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Yuan, Y., Zhao, F., Wang, L. et al. Complete genome analysis of the novel Enterococcus faecalis phage vB_EfaS_AL3. Arch Virol 164, 2599–2603 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00705-019-04341-7

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