Group Group I (dsDNA) Family Siphoviridae Rank Species | Order Caudovirales Genus Barnyardlikevirus | |
Mycobacterium phage patience, also called Patience, is a bacteriophage that infects Mycobacterium smegmatis bacteria. The large difference between the GC content of this virus's genome (50.3%) and that of its host (67.4%) indicate Patience likely evolved among bacteria of lower GC content but was able to infect M. smegmatis as well.
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