Pectobacterium parmentieri (former Pectobacterium wasabiae) is an emerging pectinolytic bacterial pathogen causing losses in potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) worldwide. Until now, there are no effective measures to protect crops from infections caused by P. parmentieri. Likewise, little is known about lytic bacteriophages that can infect and kill P. parmentieri, and that could be used in the (bio)control of this pathogen in agricultural applications. A novel lytic bacteriophage vB_Ppp_A38 (ϕA38), belonging to the order Caudovirales, was isolated and characterised in our previous studies. This report provides information about its complete genome sequence and accompanying phylogenomics. The genome of vB_Ppp_A38 consists of 75,764-bp-length, linear, double-stranded DNA with an average GC content of 48.7% and is predicted to have 97 open reading frames (ORFs), with an average length of 732 nucleotides. The open reading frames were classified into functional groups, including structural units, packing, DNA metabolism, regulation and additional (miscellaneous) functions. Comparative genomic analyses based on the whole-genome sequence indicated that the phage vB_Ppp_A38 is most similar to N4-like viruses of the family Schitoviridae, genus Cbunavirus, sharing more than 90% identity with the phages vB_PatP_CB1, vB_PatP_CB3 and vB_PatP_CB4 infecting P. atrosepticum. The bacteriophage vB_Ppp_A38 is the first Cbunavirus bacteriophage infecting other Pectobacterium spp. hosts than P. atrosepticum. As vB_Ppp_A38 is a lytic virus able to kill plant-pathogenic P. parmentieri, it can be used in the biological control of this pathogen in agricultural applications.

Pectobacterium parmentieri（前身为Pectobacterium wasabiae）是一种新兴的果胶分解细菌病原体，在全球范围内导致马铃薯（Solanum tuberosum L.）损失。到目前为止，还没有有效的措施来保护作物免受P. parmentieri引起的感染。同样，对可以感染和杀死P. parmentieri以及可用于农业应用中（生物）控制这种病原体的裂解噬菌体知之甚少。一种新型溶菌噬菌体 vB_Ppp_A38 (ϕA38)，属于尾病毒目，在我们以前的研究中被分离和表征。该报告提供了有关其完整基因组序列和伴随的系统基因组学的信息。vB_Ppp_A38 的基因组由 75,764 bp 长度的线性双链 DNA 组成，平均 GC 含量为 48.7%，预计具有 97 个开放阅读框 (ORF)，平均长度为 732 个核苷酸。开放阅读框分为功能组，包括结构单元、包装、DNA 代谢、调节和附加（杂项）功能。基于全基因组序列的比较基因组分析表明，噬菌体vB_Ppp_A38是最相似的N4样家族的病毒Schitoviridae，属Cbunavirus，与感染P. atrosepticum的噬菌体 vB_PatP_CB1、vB_PatP_CB3 和 vB_PatP_CB4 共享超过 90% 的同一性。噬菌体 vB_Ppp_A38 是第一个感染其他果杆菌属的Cbunavirus噬菌体。宿主比P. atrosepticum。由于 vB_Ppp_A38 是一种能够杀死植物病原P. parmentieri的裂解病毒，因此它可用于农业应用中对该病原体的生物控制。