A novel jumbo Tenacibaculum maritimum lytic phage with head-fiber-like appendages

A novel jumbo bacteriophage (myovirus) is described. The lytic phage of Tenacibaculum maritimum , which is the etiological agent of tenacibaculosis in a variety of farmed marine fish worldwide, was plaque-isolated from seawater around a fish aquaculture field in Japan. The phage had an isometric hea...

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