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Table 1 Main characteristics of the eight proposed F. prausnitzii phage genera

From: Phages infecting Faecalibacterium prausnitzii belong to novel viral genera that help to decipher intestinal viromes

Proposed genus

Classification (Virfam)

Bacterial hosts

Prophage name

Strains with complete prophagea

Common features

Evidence of activity

Genome size, kb

RT

Integrase type

Recombinase

CRISPR spacersa

Viral contig

“FPlagaffevirus”

Myoviridae type 1, cluster 6

F. prausnitzii

B. hansenii

CM62/1

Lagaffe

A2-165, B. hansenii 20583, CM62/1

48.3

Yes

IS30 TPase

ERF

 

Yes

“FPmushuvirus”

Myoviridae type1, cluster 8 “Saltoviridae”

F. prausnitzii

Mushu

A2-165, C_4543, C_4574

36.4

Yes

Mu TPase

  

Yes

Ruminococcaceae bacterium D16

MushuRBD16

R. bacterium D16

36.2

Yes

Mu TPase

   

“FPlughvirus”

Siphoviridae type 1, cluster 1

F. prausnitzii

Lugh

C_4574, C_4543

34.1

 

Tyr Int

Sak4

C_4544

 

Lugh4544

C_4544

35.9

 

Tyr Int

ERF

  

Lugh4542

C_4542

36.4

 

Tyr Int

ERF

  

LughKLE1255

KLE1255

36.6

 

Tyr Int

ERF

  

Lugh4540

C_4540

31.1

 

Tyr Int

Sak4

  

LughL2-6

L2-6

31.2

 

Tyr Int

   

“FPtaranisvirus”

Myoviridae type 1, cluster 6

F. prausnitzii

Taranis

C_4574, C_4543

56.0

Yes

LSR

Sak4

C_4541(2), L2/6

 

TaranisL2-6

L2-6

41.9

 

LSR

Sak4

C_4541

 

“FPeponavirus”

Myoviridae type 1, cluster 6

F. prausnitzii

Epona

C_4573, C_4575

49.5

Yes

LSR

 

C_4541, C_4575

 

EponaM21-2

M21/2

48.5

Yes

LSR

   

“FPtoutatisvirus”

Myoviridae type 1, cluster 6

F. prausnitzii

Toutatis

C_4542

54.7

Yes

LSR

 

C_4541

 

ToutatisL2-6

L2-6

53.6

Yes

LSR

 

C_4541

 

ToutatisKLE1255

KLE1255

54.5

Yes

LSR

 

C_4541, L2/6

Yes

ToutatisSL3/3

SL3/3

50.1

 

LSR

   

“FPbrigitvirus”

Myoviridae type 1, cluster 7

F. prausnitzii

Brigit

C_4644

61.6

Yes

LSR

RecT

C_4541

 

“FPoengusvirus”

Siphoviridae type 1, cluster 2

F. prausnitzii

Oengus

C_4542

58.4

 

Tyr Int

  

Yes

  1. RT retron-type reverse transcriptase, Tpase transposase, Tyr int tyrosine recombinase superfamily, LSR large serine recombinase, CM62/1 unclassified clostridium sp. CM62/1
  2. aC_ stands for CNCM