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Phage phiEf11 was induced from lysogenic E. faecalis strain TUSoD11, and purified as previously described (Stevens et al 2009). More...

Phage phiEf11 was induced from lysogenic E. faecalis strain TUSoD11, and purified as previously described (Stevens et al 2009). Stevens R.H., Porras O.D., and Delisle A.L. 2009. Bacteriophages induced from lysogenic root canal isolates of Enterococcus faecalis. Oral Microbiol. Immunol. 24: 278-284. Recently, we isolated temperate bacteriophages that were induced from E. faecalis strains recovered from the infected root canals of teeth that had previously undergone endodontic treatment (Stevens et al 2009). One of the isolates, designated phage phiEf11, was characterized as a Siphovirdae morphotype, with a spherical head and a long noncontactile tail. Analysis of NdeI and NsiI restriction fragments indicated a DNA length of approximately 41 kbp. To further our understanding of this virus, and explore its potential for either contributing to, or mitigating against, the pathogenicity of its host cell, we undertook the sequencing and functional analysis of its complete genome. Less...