Complete Genome Sequences and Characteristics of Mycobacterium smegmatis Phages Lucia, Cleatunium, and Reccee.

Authors

Victoria J Frost, Cadyn E Bagley, Logan A Beasley, Dylan C Lee, Kelsey G Martin, Elizabeth R Matthews, Myles A Moore, Emmie D Nightingale, Nathaniel S Pham, Emarie M Toirkens, Karen Uribe-Huizache, Kristi M Westover

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microPublication biology. Volume 2026. Epub Sep 29, 2026.

Abstract

Bacteriophages Lucia, Reccee, and Cleatunium were isolated from soil beneath bushes at Winthrop University using the host bacterium Mycobacterium smegmatis mc ² 155. Both Lucia and Reccee exhibit siphovirus morphology, with genome sizes of 54,700 bp and 70,134 bp, respectively. Cleatunium has a myovirus morphology and a genome size of 155,948 bp. Lucia can form lysogens, whereas both Reccee and Cleatunium are predicted to replicate only via the lytic cycle. Lucia is classified in the F1 subcluster, Reccee belongs to the B5 subcluster, and Cleatunium is in the C1 subcluster.

PMID:
42892899
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 18 Oct 2026.

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