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Table 1 Summary of 14 phage groups in the GAS strains

From: Phylogenetic relationship of prophages is affected by CRISPR selection in Group A Streptococcus

Gp

Known virulence-related genes

Number of prophages

CDSs

Integration site

min

max

1

–

4

17

56

 

2

–

5

10

18

 

3

–

10

22

97

mutL

4

–

38

13

57

mutL

5

ssa, speC, speH, speI

18

55

91

dTDP-glucose-4,6,-dehydratase

6

–

20

23

132

 

7

speA

32

29

87

tmRNA, recX, dTDP-glucose-4,6,-dehydrogenase

8

ssa, speC, speH, speI

49

29

96

DNA-binding protein HU

9

ssa, sda, speH, speI

45

44

78

tRNAser, dTDP-glucose-4,6,-dehydratase, Putative-gamma-glutamylkinase

10

speC, speK, slaA

17

53

84

tmRNA

11

speC, slaA, speK, speH, speI, ssa

48

24

96

Dipeptidase, tmRNA

12

sda, speC, slaA, speK

47

21

130

Dipeptidase, recX, Promoter of yesN

13

–

3

61

69

 

14

speA, speC, ssa

15

53

124

CRISPR type II-A, RNA helicase

  1. CDS coding sequence, CRISPR clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats, GAS Group A Streptococcus, Gp prophage group