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Novel giant siphovirus from Bacillus anthracis features unusual genome characteristics

Novel giant siphovirus from Bacillus anthracis features unusual genome characteristics

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Novel giant siphovirus from Bacillus anthracis features unusual genome characteristics

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Novel giant siphovirus from Bacillus anthracis features unusual genome characteristics

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United States: Public Library of Science

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PloS one, 2014-01, Vol.9 (1), p.e85972

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English

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United States: Public Library of Science

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Here we present vB_BanS-Tsamsa, a novel temperate phage isolated from Bacillus anthracis, the agent responsible for anthrax infections in wildlife, livestock and humans. Tsamsa phage is a giant siphovirus (order Caudovirales), featuring a long, flexible and non-contractile tail of 440 nm (not including baseplate structure) and an isometric head of...

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Novel giant siphovirus from Bacillus anthracis features unusual genome characteristics

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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1492015411

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1492015411

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1932-6203

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1932-6203

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0085972

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