TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the lactococcal phages analyzed in this study

Phagea	Year of isolation	Country	Host strain	Genome characteristics				Reference or source
				Length (bp)	% G+C	No. of ORFs	cos site
P008	1971	Germany	IL1403	28,538	34.7	58	5′-CACAAAGGATT-3′	23
bIL170	1973	France	IL1403	31,754	34.4	64	5′-CACAAAGGACT-3′	10
sk1	Before 1976	Australia	MG1363	28,451	34.5	55	5′-CACAAAGGACT-3′	6
jj50	1985	Denmark	MG1363	27,453	34.9	50	5′-CACAAAGGACT-3′	23
712	Before 1988	New Zealand	MG1363	30,510	33.9	55	5′-CACAAAGGACT-3′	23
SL4	1996	Canada	SMQ-404	28,144	35.0	52	5′-CACAAAGGACT-3′	This study
CB13	2003	Canada	SMQ-404	32,182	34.7	55	5′-CACAGAGGACT-3′	This study
CB14	2003	Canada	SMQ-404	29,459	34.8	52	5′-CACAGAGGACT-3′	This study
CB19	2003	Canada	SMQ-404	28,643	35.2	51	5′-CACAAAGGACT-3′	This study
CB20	2003	Canada	SMQ-404	28,625	35.0	51	5′-CACAAAGGACT-3′	This study
GR7	2004	Canada	SMQ-404	29,459	34.8	52	5′-CACAGAGGACT-3′	This study
bIBB29	Before 2007	Poland	IL1403	29,305	34.7	54	5′-CACAAAGGACT-3′	16

^aPhages in bold indicate the six lactococcal phages analyzed and sequenced in this study.