The novel bacterial virus Mimir87, infecting the salt-tolerant bacterium Virgibacillus halotolerans, was isolated from worker honey bees. Mimir87 has an elongated head and a long non-contractile tail consistent with members of the Siphoviridae phage family. The phage genome comprises 48,016 base pairs and encodes 68 predicted proteins, to 34 of which a function could be assigned from homology analysis. The phage encodes two metabolism-related transporter proteins previously not observed in bacteriophage genomes. Mimir87 displays some relatedness to several Bacillus and Paenibacillus viruses; however, the overall sequence dissimilarity suggests Mimir87 to be a representative of a new phage genus.

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新型感染Virgibacillus的噬菌体Mimir87的分离和鉴定。

从工蜂中分离出了新型的细菌病毒Mimir87，它感染了耐盐细菌嗜盐菌Virgibacillus halotolerans。Mimir87具有细长的头部和较长的非收缩性尾巴，与Siphoviridae噬菌体家族的成员一致。噬菌体基因组包含48016个碱基对，编码68种预测的蛋白质，其中34种可以从同源性分析中分配功能。噬菌体编码两个以前在噬菌体基因组中未观察到的与代谢相关的转运蛋白。Mimir87与几种芽孢杆菌和Paenibacillus病毒表现出一定的相关性。但是，总体序列​​差异表明Mimir87是新噬菌体属的代表。