Genome sequencing reveals mycobacteriophage MP2445's ability to infect multiple Mycobacterium species, indicating potential therapeutic applications.
Mycobacteriophage MP2445 exhibits siphovirus morphology and infects Mycobacterium smegmatis, Mycobacterium bovis BCG, and Mycobacterium fortuitum. Its genome is 50,711 bp in length, has a GC content of 63.34%, and contains 78 protein-coding sequences and one tRNA. MP2445 shares the highest nucleotide identity with phages in the A2 subcluster.
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