TABLE 1.
Difference between phage and host G+C contents
| Host
|
Phage
|
Difference (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Organism | G+C content (%) | Phage | G+C content (%)a | |
| V. parahaemolyticus | 46 | VP16T and VP16C | 59 | 13 |
| V. parahaemolyticus | 46 | VpV262 | 46 | 0 |
| Haemophilus influenzae | 39 | HP1 | 40 | 1 |
| E. coli | 51 | 47-52 | 1-4 | |
| S. thermophilus | 40 | 38-39 | 1-2 | |
| Lactobacillus sp. | 50 | 50-51 | 1 | |
| S. enterica | 47 | P22 | 50 | 3 |
| B. subtilis | 41 | 40-43 | 1-2 | |
| M. tuberculosis | 62 | 62-64 | 0-2 | |
a
Where a range is given, the G+C values for several phage genomes were included in the analysis.