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Giles (bacteriophage)

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Group
  
Group I (dsDNA)

Family
  
Siphoviridae

Order
  
Caudovirales

Genus
  
Giles

Similar
  
Caudovirales, Siphoviridae, Mycobacterium smegmatis

Giles is a bacteriophage that infects Mycobacterium smegmatis bacteria. The genome of this phage is very different from that of other mycobacteriophages and is highly mosaic. More than half of its predicted genes are novel and are not seen in other species.

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Giles (bacteriophage) Wikipedia