Table 1 An overview of sequenced T4-related phage genomes. ⁽¹⁾

Proteobacteria

   Enterobacteria

T2, T4, T6

E. coli B (see [3] for references)

RB3, RB14, RB15, RB16, RB18, RB26, RB32, RB43, RB49, RB51, RB70, RB69

E. coli B/5 [25]

LZ2

E . coli B strain NapIV [62]

JS8, JS10, JSE

E. coli K-12 strain K802 [69, 74]

CC31

E. coli B strain S/6/4 (Karam lab; New Orleans sewage, unpublished)

phi1

E. coli K-12 F⁺ (I. Andriashvili, 1971, unpublished); Tbilisi sewage; (M. Kutateladze pers. commun.)

   Acinetobacter

133

Ac. johnsonii (see [14] for references)

Acj9, Acj61

Ac. johnsonii (Karam lab; New Orleans sewage, unpublished)

42 (=Ac42)

Acinetobacter sp. (H. Ackermann, D'Herelle Center, Canada; pers. commun.)

   Aeromonas

44RR, 31, 25, 65

Various Ae. salmonicida strains (see [14] for references)

Aeh1

Ae. hydrophila C-1 (see [14] for references)

PX29

Ae. salmonicida strain 95-65 (Karam lab; New Orleans sewage, unpublished)

   Klebsiella

KP15

Klebsiella pneumoniae (Z. Drulis-Kawa, pers. commun.; Warsaw, Poland sewage).

   Pseudomonads

phiW-14

Delftia acidovorance (see GenBank Accession no. NC_013697)

   Shigella

phiSboM-AG3

Shigella boydii (see GenBank Accession no. NC_013693)

   Vibriobacteria

KVP40, nt-1

See [14] for references

Cyanobacteria

   Synechococcus

SPM2

S. marinus[27]

S-RSM4

S. marinus[31]

Syn9

S. marinus. Also grows in Prochlorococcus [75]

   Prochlorococcus

P-SSM2, P-SSM4

P-SSM2, P-SSM4: [42]