Members of the only species in this genus infect Erwinia amylovora. No terminal repeats have been reported for Erwinia phage Faunus. This genome is 54.07 kbp (43.6 %G+C) and encodes 78 proteins and no tRNAs.
Members of this subfamily infect Aeromonas and Shewanella sp. Virus genomes are, on average, 52 kbp (51.9 %G+C) and encode 68 proteins.
Atkison, C. L., J. Boeckman, H. Newkirk, M. Liu, J. J. Gill, J. Cahill and J. Ramsey (2019). Complete genome sequence of Escherichia coli myophage Mangalitsa. Microbiol Resour Announc 8: e01045-01019. [PubMed]
A summary of this ICTV Report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:
Hany Anany, Padmanabhan Mahadevan, Dann Turner, Evelien M. Adriaenssens and Andrew M. Kropinski
The citation for this ICTV Report chapter is the summary published as Anany et al., (2022):
ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Chaseviridae 2022, Journal of General Virology 2022;103:001715
A summary of this ICTV Report chapter has been published as an ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile article in the Journal of General Virology, and should be cited when referencing this online chapter as follows:
Ackermann, M., M. Koriabine, F. Hartmann-Fritsch, P. J. de Jong, T. D. Lewis, N. Schetle, T. M. Work, J. Dagenais, G. H. Balazs and J. A. Leong (2012). The genome of Chelonid herpesvirus 5 harbors atypical genes. PLoS One 7: e46623. [PubMed]
Excel file of Isolate details and core gene sequences used in phylogenetic trees
