Table 2 Properties of the hitherto sequenced Campylobacter group II phages

Family

Myoviridae

Myoviridae

Myoviridae

Myoviridae

 Head diameter (nm)

93

96

n.a.

100

 Tail dimensions (nm)

135 × 24

110 × 16

n.a.

140 × 17

Host species

C. jejuni, C. coli

C. jejuni, C. coli

C. jejuni, C. coli

C. jejuni, C. coli

Genome size according to PFGE (kb)

209

197

176

204

Genomic sequence (bp)

182,761

177,493

175,720

172,065

G + C content (%)

27.2

27.4

27.3

27.4

Total no. of ORFs

220

194

201

210

 Forward strand

91

173

180

n.a.^b

 Reverse strand

129

21

21

n.a.^b

Coding density (%)

88.2

88.4

89.7

90.0

Gps with predicted function

78 (35 %)

74 (38 %)

70 (35 %)

84 (40 %)

Transcription terminators

13

11

9

14

tRNAs

2 (Thr, Pro)

2 (Arg, Tyr)

2 (Arg, Tyr)

2 (Arg, Tyr)

Homing endonucleases

3

1

1

3

Transposases

5

4

2

2

T4-related proteins

32

39

34

35

SAM-related proteins

8

11

12

6

Genome structure

Linear

Linear

Linear

n.a.

Sequence state

Complete

Complete

Complete

Incomplete^a

Accession number

NC019507.1

FN667788

FN667789

C1:HM246720

C2:HM246721

C3:HM246722

C4:HM246723

C5:HM246724

Reference

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