Table 2 Cyanophages used in this study.

From: Frequency of mispackaging of Prochlorococcus DNA by cyanophage

Phage

Morphotype

Host strain

Auxiliary metabolic genesa

Packaging strategyb

Genome size (kb)

Location of isolation, depth

Date of isolation

Accession number

Genome publication

P-SSP7

Podoviridae

MED4

4

T7-like [27]

45.17

BATS, 100 m

Sep 1999

NC_006882

[81]

P-HS2

Siphoviridae

MED4

0

Likely T7-like

38.12

HOTS, 125 m

Mar 2006

MT490303

[34]

P-HM2

Myoviridae

MED4

11

T4-like [28]

138.32

HOTS, 125 m

Mar 2006

GU075905

[28]

  1. HOTS Hawaii Ocean Time Series station, Pacific oligotrophic gyre, BATS Bermuda Atlantic Time Series station, Sargasso Sea.
  2. aNumber of different auxiliary metabolic genes related to either carbon metabolism, photosynthesis, DNA synthesis, or nutrient uptake processes based on references [34, 43].
  3. bPackaging strategy classification based on reference [29].
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