TABLE 3.

HOs in truncated bacteriophages that are not present in VT1-Sakai

Bacteriophage (strains)	HOa	Start codone	Stop codone	No. of amino acids in putative corresponding proteins
Δ20,214 (86-24,a 86-28b)	HO-T1	2912159	2932402 (TAA)	37
	HO-T2	2932460	2912053 (TGA)	65
Δ18,895 (86-17,c 87-07d)	HO-T3	2913402	2932408 (TAA)	39
	HO-T4	2913511 (+T)f	2913276 (TGA)	78
	HO-T5	2932460	2913472 (TGA)	33

^aGenBank accession number A4160193.

^bGenBank accession number A4160192.

^cGenBank accession number A4160195.

^dGenBank accession number A4160194.

^eNucleotide position based on sequence of Sakai strain.

^fThe start codon arises from the 5′ T in the TGACTGTT octamer.