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Journal of Bacteriology, April 2002, p. 2030-2033, Vol. 184, No. 7
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.7.2030-2033.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Filamentous Phage Active on the Gram-Positive Bacterium Propionibacterium freudenreichii

Marie-Christine Chopin,1* Annette Rouault,2 S. Dusko Ehrlich,1 and Michel Gautier2

INRA, Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex,1 INRA, Laboratoire de Recherches de Technologie Laitière, 35042 Rennes Cedex, France2

Received 12 October 2001/ Accepted 3 January 2002

We present the first description of a single-stranded DNA filamentous phage able to replicate in a gram-positive bacterium. Phage B5 infects Propionibacterium freudenreichii and has a genome consisting of 5,806 bases coding for 10 putative open reading frames. The organization of the genome is very similar to the organization of the genomes of filamentous phages active on gram-negative bacteria. The putative coat protein exhibits homology with the coat proteins of phages PH75 and Pf3 active on Thermus thermophilus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, respectively. B5 is, therefore, evolutionarily related to the filamentous phages active on gram-negative bacteria.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: INRA, Laboratoire de Génétique Microbienne, 78352 Jouy-en-Josas Cedex, France. Phone: (33) 1 34 65 25 30. Fax: (33) 1 34 65 25 21. E-mail: mchopin{at}jouy.inra.fr.

Journal of Bacteriology, April 2002, p. 2030-2033, Vol. 184, No. 7
0021-9193/02/$04.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.7.2030-2033.2002
Copyright © 2002, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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