Fig. 3: Phage DisCo uncovers new diversity even in the best-characterized (IncF) plasmid-dependent phage system.
From: Diverse and abundant phages exploit conjugative plasmids
a, b Phylogenetic trees showing newly isolated (red branch tips) and known (gray branch tips) F dependent phages from the Fiersviridae family (ssRNA) and Inovirus (ssDNA) genera. Fiersviridae tree is based on the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (635 amino acid sites), Inovirus tree is based on whole genome alignment (6425 nucleotide sites). c Genome map of the novel IncF plasmid-dependent phage, FtMidnight, highlighting structural genes. Genes highlighted in green are predicted to be involved in head formation, the head-tail attachment and tail tube region is highlighted in blue, and distal-tail region in pink. d Transmission electron micrograph of FtMidnight, confirming it has siphovirus morphology (long non-contractile tail). Imaging was repeated twice independently with seven recorded observations. The image shown is representative of all observations.
