G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics (Aug 2021)

Phylogenetic relationships and codon usage bias amongst cluster K mycobacteriophages

  • Adele Crane,
  • Cyril J Versoza,
  • Tiana Hua,
  • Rohan Kapoor,
  • Lillian Lloyd,
  • Rithik Mehta,
  • Jueliet Menolascino,
  • Abraham Morais,
  • Saige Munig,
  • Zeel Patel,
  • Daniel Sackett,
  • Brandon Schmit,
  • Makena Sy,
  • Susanne P Pfeifer

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkab291
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 11

Abstract

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AbstractBacteriophages infecting pathogenic hosts play an important role in medical research, not only as potential treatments for antibiotic-resistant infections but also offering novel insights into pathogen genetics and evolution. A prominent example is cluster K mycobacteriophages infecting Mycobacterium tuberculosisM. tuberculosisMycobacterium smegmatisM. tuberculosisMycobacterium lepraeMycobacterium abscessusMycobacterium marinum—