Characterisation of New Foxunavirus Phage Murka with the Potential of Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris Control

• Published in: Viruses Vol. 16; no. 2; p. 198
• Main Authors: Evseev, Peter V, Tarakanov, Rashit I, Vo, Ha T N, Suzina, Natalia E, Vasilyeva, Anna A, Ignatov, Alexander N, Miroshnikov, Konstantin A, Dzhalilov, Fevzi S-U
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 27.01.2024; MDPI
• Subjects: bacteriophage taxonomy; Bacteriophages - genetics; biocontrol; Biological control; Black rot; Brassica - microbiology; Brassica oleracea; Brassicae; cabbage; Crop diseases; Crops; Genomes; Pathogens; Pesticides; Phages; Physical characteristics; Plant bacterial diseases; Strains (organisms); Xanthomonas bacteriophages; Xanthomonas campestris; Xanthomonas campestris - genetics; Netherlands; Moldova; United Kingdom > UK; United States > US; Japan; Russia; Xanthomonas bacteriophages; cabbage; Brassicae; biocontrol; bacteriophage taxonomy
• ISSN: 1999-4915; 1999-4915
• DOI: 10.3390/v16020198

Phages of phytopathogenic bacteria are considered to be promising agents for the biological control of bacterial diseases in plants. This paper reports on the isolation and characterisation of a new pv. phage, Murka. Phage morphology and basic kinetic characteristics of the infection were determined, and a phylogenomic analysis was performed. The phage was able to lyse a reasonably broad range (64%, 9 of the 14 of the pv. strains used in the study) of circulating strains of the cabbage black rot pathogen. This lytic myovirus has a DNA genome of 44,044 bp and contains 83 predicted genes. Taxonomically, it belongs to the genus . This bacteriophage is promising for use as a possible means of biological control of cabbage black rot.