Sphingomonas Turrisvirgatae Bacteriophage vB_StuS_MMDA13

vB_StuS_MMDA13 is a lytic bacteriophage, belonging to the Siphoviridae family. It was isolated from a surface freshwater sample, in a pond near Viterbo (Italy), using the Sphingomonas turrisvirgatae MCT13 as host. The host range was determined on a total of 21 strains, including 8 Sphingomonas spp type strains (S. koreensis NBRC_16723, S. cynarae DSM 25525, S. hankookensis DSM 23329, S. insulae DSM 21792, S. pseudosanguinis DSM 19512, S. panni DSM 15761, S. soli DSM 18313 and S. naasensis DSM 100060), 6 type strains belonging to other genera of the Sphingomonadaceae family (Sphingobium yanoikuyae DSM 7462, Sphingobium chlorophenolicum DSM 7098, Novosphingobium aromaticivorans DSM 12444, Novosphingobium capsulatum DSM 30196, Sphingopyxis alaskensis DSM 13593 and Sphingopyxis macrogoltabida DSM 8826), Agrobacterium tumefaciens DSM 5172, Burkholderia cenocepacia J2315, and five Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates. The results demonstrated that the lytic spectrum of this phage is restricted to S. turrisvirgatae MCT13 .