Complete Genome Sequence of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Siphophage Suso

Abstract

Phage Suso is a temperate siphophage of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia with a 44,659-bp genome. This phage is closely related to Stenotrophomonas phage SM171, sharing 92% overall nucleotide identity as determined by BLASTn, and it shares 14 similar proteins (BLASTp, E value < 0.001) with some Pseudomonas phages from the genus Beetrevirus.

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Transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of phage Suso. Phage particles were diluted with TEM buffer (20 mM NaCl, 10 mM Tris-HCl [pH 7.5], 2 mM MgSO₄), captured on carbon films, negatively stained using 2% (wt/vol) uranyl acetate, and observed on a JEOL 1200 EX TEM at a 100-kV accelerating voltage at the Microscopy and Imaging Center at Texas A&M University.