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Table 4 Concordance of classifications

From: Classification of Myoviridae bacteriophages using protein sequence similarity

Classification

ICTV

Proteomic Tree 2

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Phage_Finder

This work

Reference

ICTV VIIIth Report, 2005

Edwards and Rohwer, 2005

Serwer et al., 2004

Fouts, 2006

 

Approach

Traditional

Signature genes

Large terminase

 

CoreGenes

Phage or phage group

T4, Aeh1, KVP40, RB43, RB49, 25, 31 44RR2.8t, 65

T4

T4, KVP40, RB49

 

T4, Aeh1, KVP40, RB43, RB49, 25, 31 44RR2.8t, 65

 

P1

  

P1

P1

 

P2, Fels-2, HP1, HP2, K139, φCTX, 186

P2. HP1, HP2, φCTX

P2, Fels-2, HP1, HP2, L413-C, 186; Mu

P2, φCTX, 186 (HP1 occupies a separate position)

P2, Fels-2, HP1, HP2, K139, L-413C, φCTX, 186

 

Mu

Mu

  

Mu

 

SPO1

K

 

P100, Twort

SPOl, K, P100, Twort

 

ΦH

    
  1. Comparison of our results with those of the ICTV (ICTV VIIIth Report, 2005), Proteomic Tree 2 (Edwards and Rohwer, 2005), Phage_Finder (Fouts, 2006) and phylogeny of terminases (Serwer et al., 2004).