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1PhicolasandVivaareHighlyLyticSiphoviridaeMycobacteriophages,VivaBelongingtotheFClusterLaurenGray,EricaLandreth,ValeriaRodriguez,VictoriaSaldivarDepartmentofMolecular,Cellular,andDevelopmentalBiology,UniversityofColorado,Boulder,Spring2018AbstractLyticphageshavebeenexploredatanincreasingrate,butmoreworkisnecessarytofurthercategorizespecificuses.Asdeterminedthroughelectronmicroscopyandrestrictiondigestionanalysis,VivaandPhicolasarelytic,siphoviridaephagessampledinColorado,withVivabelongingtoclusterF.Withpossibleapplicationsrangingfrommedicinetocontrollingfoodborneillness,furtherexplorationofthesephages’hostrangescouldyieldincrediblyimpactfulresults.IntroductionBacteriophagesarevirusesthatinfectbacteria.Theycanundergotwodifferentlifecycles:lyticandlysogenic.Inthelyticcycle,aphageinjectsitDNAintothehostcell,andhijacksitsDNAmanufacturingresourcesinordertocreatemorephages.Asproteinsaretranslated,thephagesareassembled,lysethecell,andmoveontoinfectothercells.Inthelysogeniccycle,thephageDNAisintegratedintothehostchromosome,andisreplicatedasthecelldivides.₃Phages’abilitytokillbacterialcellsprovidemanypossibleuses,rangingfromcontrollingfood-borneillnesstotreatingdiseaseandinfection.ConclusionVivaandPhicolasarehighlylyticsiphoviridaemycobacteriophages,VivabelongstotheFclusterandtheF1subcluster.ThisparticularclusterisverycommoninColorado.TheclearplaquesindicatethatVivaandPhicolasarelyticphagesbecausethereisadistinctedgebetweentheareawherebacteriahavebeenclearedandtherestofthebacteriallawn.VivaandPhicolasarebothhighlyinfectiousphageandbyhavingtheminthedatabaseithelpscontributetothecurrentadvancementsbeingmadeinphagetherapytoday.Potentialforenvironmentally-specificuses,asphagecanadapttosevereenvironmentslikethemountains.₂FutureDirectionsDeterminetheclusterofPhicolasviarestrictiondigestionanalysisandPCRConfirmViva’sF1subclusterusingPCRFurthernarrowdownspecificuses:spottestingtofindhostrange,testenvironmentalvariablesinthestyleofFisteretal.(2016).₂AcknowledgmentsThisresearchwasmadepossiblebytheHHMISEAPhagesProgram,theUniversityofColoradoatBoulder,Dr.NancyGuild,Dr.ChristyFillman,MeganGreening,DavidEngelhardt,andAndrewFolta.References1.DossJ,CulbertsonK,HahnD,CamachoJ,BarekziN.AReviewofPhageTherapyagainstBacterialPathogensofAquaticandTerrestrialOrganisms.Viruses.2017.2.FisterS,RobbenC,WitteAK,SchoderD,WagnerM,RossmanithP.InfluenceofEnvironmentalFactorsonPhage-BacteriaInteractionandontheEfficacyandInfectivityofPhageP100.FrontiersinMicrobiology.2016;7:1152.3.Fillman,C.PhageGenomicsLabILaboratoryManual.MacmillanLearningCurriculumSolutions​.2018.P12ResultsFigure3:ElectronMicroscopyBothVivaandPhicolasaresiphoviridaewithcircularheadsandlongtails.Figure4-AgaroseGelusingRestrictionEnzymes:Thisagar​osegelshowstheUncutDNAandfragmentsmadebytherestrictionenzymes.BamHI,ClaI,andEcoRIlhaveclearbandswhileHaeIII,HindIII,andSalIhavesmearedfragmentswhichindicatesnumerousofcutsthataresimilarinfragmentsize.Figure1:PhageLifecycles:Lyticphagesreplicatewithinthecellandthenperformlysis,whiletemperatephagesintegrateintothehostchromosomeandreplicatewiththecell.₁PhicolasVivaPhicolasVivaFigure2:TiterAssayBothVIvaandPhicolashaveclearplaquesindicatinglyticphages.Phicolasproduces4mmplaquesandVivahas3mmplaques.Thetitersofthepagelysatesare6.8x10​9pfuand4.6x10​9pfu,respectively.Viva2HighTiter:6.8x10​9MycobacteriumMorphotype:SiphoviridaeMorphology:Lytic(3mmindiameter)Cluster:FSub-cluster:F1TailLength:197-207nm(Longandstraight)TailHead:60nm-70nm(Roundandaveragesize)Archiving-Time:2:10pm-City:Boulder-Temperature:7℃-GPScoordinates:40.0087Latitude-105.2690Longitude-Location:OutsideofPorterBiosciencebuildingsinadrypatchinthemiddleofthelawn.IsolatedfromanEnrichmentProcedureFutureDirection:PCRtoconfirmclusterandsub-clusterFigure5ElectronMicrographofViva:Thephysicalstructureofthephagewasseenusingelectronmicroscopyandthelongstraighttailsandthecircularheadsareconsideredtobecharacteristicsofthelyticmycobacteriumsiphoviridaefamily.F​igure320200PlaquePlatethatwillDeterminetheHighTiter:This20-200platewasusedtocounttheplaquespresentanddeterminedthetiterofourphage.Thisplatewasusedbecauseithadtherightamountofplaquesfordeterminingphageconcentration.Aftercalculation,ourtiterwereceivedatiterof6.8x10​9pfu/mLFigure4-AgaroseGelusingRestrictionEnzymes:ThisagarosegelshowstheUncutDNAandallthefragmentsthatweremadebytherestrictionenzymesused.BamHI,ClaI,andEcoRIwhileHaeIII,HindII,andSalIhavesmearedfragmentswhichmeansthattheyhavenumerousofcutsthataresimilarinfragmentsize.Conclusions:VivaisahighlylyticsiphoviridaemycobacteriophagethatbelongstotheFclusterandtheF1subcluster.ThisparticularclusterisverycommoninColorado.3PhageName:PhicolasMycobacterium
PhicolasandVivaareHighlyLyticSiphoviridaeMycobacteriophages,VivaBelongingtotheFClusterLaurenGray,EricaLandreth,ValeriaRodriguez,VictoriaSaldivarDepartmentofMolecular,Cellular,andDevelopmentalBiology,UniversityofColorado,Boulder,Spring2018AbstractLyticphageshavebeenexploredatanincreasingrate,butmoreworkisnecessarytofurthercategorizespecificuses.Asdeterminedthroughelectronmicroscopyandrestrictiondigestionanalysis,VivaandPhicolasarelytic,siphoviridaephagessampledinColorado,withVivabelongingtoclusterF.Withpossibleapplicationsrangingfrommedicinetocontrollingfoodborneillness,furtherexplorationofthesephages’hostrangescouldyieldincrediblyimpactfulresults.IntroductionBacteriophagesarevirusesthatinfectbacteria.Theycanundergotwodifferentlifecycles:lyticandlysogenic.Inthelyticcycle,aphageinjectsitDNAintothehostcell,andhijacksitsDNAmanufacturingresourcesinordertocreatemorephages.Asproteinsaretranslated,thephagesareassembled,lysethecell,andmoveontoinfectothercells.Inthelysogeniccycle,thephageDNAisintegratedintothehostchromosome,andisreplicatedasthecelldivides.₃Phages’abilitytokillbacterialcellsprovidemanypossibleuses,rangingfromcontrollingfood-borneillnesstotreatingdiseaseandinfection.ConclusionVivaandPhicolasarehighlylyticsiphoviridaemycobacteriophages,VivabelongstotheFclusterandtheF1subcluster.ThisparticularclusterisverycommoninColorado.TheclearplaquesindicatethatVivaandPhicolasarelyticphagesbecausethereisadistinctedgebetweentheareawherebacteriahavebeenclearedandtherestofthebacteriallawn.VivaandPhicolasarebothhighlyinfectiousphageandbyhavingtheminthedatabaseithelpscontributetothecurrentadvancementsbeingmadeinphagetherapytoday.Potentialforenvironmentally-specificuses,asphagecanadapttosevereenvironmentslikethemountains.₂FutureDirectionsDeterminetheclusterofPhicolasviarestrictiondigestionanalysisandPCRConfirmViva’sF1subclusterusingPCRFurthernarrowdownspecificuses:spottestingtofindhostrange,testenvironmentalvariablesinthestyleofFisteretal.(2016).₂AcknowledgmentsThisresearchwasmadepossiblebytheHHMISEAPhagesProgram,theUniversityofColoradoatBoulder,Dr.NancyGuild,Dr.ChristyFillman,MeganGreening,DavidEngelhardt,andAndrewFolta.References1.DossJ,CulbertsonK,HahnD,CamachoJ,BarekziN.AReviewofPhageTherapyagainstBacterialPathogensofAquaticandTerrestrialOrganisms.Viruses.2017.2.FisterS,RobbenC,WitteAK,SchoderD,WagnerM,RossmanithP.InfluenceofEnvironmentalFactorsonPhage-BacteriaInteractionandontheEfficacyandInfectivityofPhageP100.FrontiersinMicrobiology.2016;7:1152.3.Fillman,C.PhageGenomicsLabILaboratoryManual.MacmillanLearningCurriculumSolutions​.2018.P12ResultsFigure3:ElectronMicroscopyBothVivaandPhicolasaresiphoviridaewithcircularheadsandlongtails.Figure4-AgaroseGelusingRestrictionEnzymes:Thisagar​osegelshowstheUncutDNAandfragmentsmadebytherestrictionenzymes.BamHI,ClaI,andEcoRIlhaveclearbandswhileHaeIII,HindIII,andSalIhavesmearedfragmentswhichindicatesnumerousofcutsthataresimilarinfragmentsize.Figure1:PhageLifecycles:Lyticphagesreplicatewithinthecellandthenperformlysis,whiletemperatephagesintegrateintothehostchromosomeandreplicatewiththecell.₁PhicolasVivaPhicolasVivaFigure2:TiterAssayBothVIvaandPhicolashaveclearplaquesindicatinglyticphages.Phicolasproduces4mmplaquesandVivahas3mmplaques.Thetitersofthepagelysatesare6.8x10​9pfuand4.6x10​9pfu,respectively.Viva
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