Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia Phage vB_EcoM-Pr121LW, Isolated from Soil in an Organic Farm

Yen-Te Liao; Fang Liu; Vivian C H Wu

doi:10.1128/MRA.01236-18

Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia Phage vB_EcoM-Pr121LW, Isolated from Soil in an Organic Farm

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2018 Nov 21;7(20):e01236-18. doi: 10.1128/MRA.01236-18. eCollection 2018 Nov.

Authors

Yen-Te Liao¹, Fang Liu^{1

2}, Vivian C H Wu¹

Affiliations

¹ Produce Safety and Microbiology Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Western Regional Research Center, Albany, California, USA.
² College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China.

Abstract

Here, we report a new member of rV5-like phages, Escherichia phage vB_EcoM-Pr121LW, isolated from soil samples and lytic against different serogroups of Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) strains. With molecular properties that contain no antibiotic resistance, virulence, or lysogenic genes, this phage is a potential biocontrol agent against STEC.