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Sequencing Bacillus anthracis Typing Phages Gamma and Cherry Reveals a Common Ancestry

Derrick E. Fouts,^1* David A. Rasko,^1, Regina Z. Cer,¹ Lingxia Jiang,¹ Nadia B. Fedorova,¹ Alla Shvartsbeyn,¹ Jessica J. Vamathevan,¹ Luke Tallon,¹ Ryan Althoff,¹ Tamara S. Arbogast,¹ Douglas W. Fadrosh,¹ Timothy D. Read,² and Steven R. Gill^1,

The Institute for Genomic Research, 9712 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, Maryland 20850,¹ Biological Defense Research Directorate, Naval Medical Research Center, 12300 Washington Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20851²

Received 30 November 2005/ Accepted 22 February 2006

The genetic relatedness of the Bacillus anthracis typing phages Gamma and Cherry was determined by nucleotide sequencing and comparative analysis. The genomes of these two phages were identical except at three variable loci, which showed heterogeneity within individual lysates and among Cherry, Wß, Fah, and four Gamma bacteriophage sequences.

Present address: Department of Microbiology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 6000 Harry Hines Blvd., NA6.138, Dallas, TX 75235.

Present address: School of Dental Medicine, Foster Hall 304, SUNY-Buffalo, 3435 Main Street, Buffalo, NY 14214.

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