Table 1.

General features of jumbo phages.

Phage	Host	Phage taxonomy	Virion size (nm)		Genome length (nt)	No. of CDSs	No. of tRNA	Sample materials	References
			Head	Tail length
G	Bacillus megaterium	Myoviridae	160	453	497,513	675	20	NAa	Donelli et al., 1975
vs.	Cronobacter sakazakii	Myoviridae	115	118	358,663	545	26	Wastewater	Abbasifar et al., 2014
121Q	Escherichia coli	Myoviridae	116	115	348,532	611	7	Sewage	Ackermann and Nguyen, 1983
PBECO 4	Escherichia coli	Myoviridae	132	125	348,113	551	6	River water	Kim et al., 2013
K64-1	Klebsiella pneumoniae	Myoviridae	NA	NA	346,602	64	NA	NA	Pan et al., 2015
vB_KleM-RaK2	Klebsiella sp.	Myoviridae	123	128	345,809	534	5	NA	Simoliunas et al., 2013
201ϕ2-1	Pseudomonas chlororaphis	Myoviridae	129	200	316,674	461	1	Soil	Thomas et al., 2008
phiPA3	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Myoviridae	100	185	309,208	379	5	Sewage	Monson et al., 2011
OBP	Pseudomonas fluorescens	Myoviridae	119	191	284,757	309	4	Compost	Cornelissen et al., 2012
Lu11	Pseudomonas putida	Myoviridae	124	200	280,538	391	0	Soil	Adriaenssens et al., 2012
ϕKZ	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Myoviridae	120	NA	280,334	306	6	Sewage	Mesyanzhinov et al., 2002
CcrColossus	Caulobacter crescentus	Myoviridae	292 × 95	65	279,967	448	28	Surface water	Meczker et al., 2014
KTN4	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Myoviridae	130	168	279,593	368	NA	Irrigated fields	KT895374
vB_EamM_Special G	Erwinia amylovora	Myoviridae	NA	NA	273,224	324	0	Branches and Blossums	KU886222.1
vB_EamM_Simmy50	Erwinia amylovora	Myoviridae	NA	NA	271,088	321	1	Bark	KU886223.1
Ea35-70	Erwinia amylovora	Myoviridae	NA	NA	271,084	318	1	Soil	Yagubi et al., 2014
PA7	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Myoviridae	NA	NA	266,743	341	NA	Mudflat	JX233784.1
ϕR1-37	Yersinia enterocolitica	Myoviridae	138	383	262,391	367	5	Sewage	Kiljunen et al., 2005
PaBG	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Myoviridae	136	220	258,139	308	NA	Lake water	Sykilinda et al., 2014
vB_BpuM_BpSp	Bacillus pumilus	Myoviridae	137	192	255,569	318	0	Soil	KT895374
P-SSM2	Prochlorococcus	Myoviridae	115	123	252,401	334	1	Seawater	Sullivan et al., 2005
AR9	Bacillus subtilis	Myoviridae	NA	NA	251,042	292	1	NA	Lavysh et al., 2016
ValKK3	Vibrio alginolyticus	Myoviridae	NA	NA	248,088	390	NA	Marine sediment	KP671755b
nt-1	Vibrio natriegens	Myoviridae	NA	NA	247,489	379	28	Marine-sediment	Comeau et al., 2014
VH7D	Vibrio harveyi	Myoviridae	NA	NA	246,964	327	NA	Seawater	NC_023568
ϕpp2	Vibrio parahaemolyticus	Myoviridae	90 × 50	110	246,421	383	30	Aquaculture waterway	Lin and Lin, 2012
KVP40	Vibrio parahaemolyticus	Myoviridae	140 × 70	NA	244,834	381	30	Marine-sediment	Miller et al., 2003
ϕEaH2	Erwinia amylovora	Siphoviridae	NA	NA	243,050	262	NA	Soil	Domotor et al., 2012
SPN3US	Salmonella enterica	Myoviridae	NA	NA	240,413	264	2	Chicken feces	Lee et al., 2011
VP4B	Vibrio harveyi	Myoviridae	NA	NA	236,053	212	NA	Ocean	KC131130.1
65	Aeromonas salmonicida	Myoviridae	NA	NA	235,229	437	16	NA	Petrov et al., 2010
vB_AbaM_ME3	Acinetobacter baumanni	Myoviridae	NA	NA	234,900	326	4	Wastewater	Buttimer et al., 2016
Aeh1	Aeromonas hydrophila	Myoviridae	NA	NA	233,234	352	27	NA	NC_005260
S-SSM7	Synechococcus	Myoviridae	NA	NA	232,878	319	5	Seawater	Sullivan et al., 2010
CC2	Aeromonas hydrophila	Myoviridae	NA	NA	231,743	427	9	Sewage	Shen et al., 2012
RSL1	Ralstonia solanacearum	Myoviridae	150	138	231,255	343	3	Soil	Yamada et al., 2010
ACG-2014fc	Synechococcus	Myoviridae	NA	NA	228,143	292	NA	NA	NC_026927
ϕAS5	Aeromonas salmonicida	Myoviridae	121 × 71	98	225,268	343	24	River water	Kim et al., 2012
CR5	Cronobacter sakazakii	Myoviridae	NA	NA	223,989	231	NA	NA	NC_021531
RSL2	Ralstonia solanacearum	Myoviridae	NA	NA	223,932	224	NA	NA	Bhunchoth et al., 2016
CcrRogue	Caulobacter crescentus	Siphoviridae	205 × 60	319	223,720	350	23	surface water	Meczker et al., 2014
RSF1	Ralstonia solanacearum	Myoviridae	NA	NA	222,888	230	NA	NA	Bhunchoth et al., 2016
PX29	Aeromonas salmonicida	Myoviridae	NA	NA	222,006	330	25	NA	Petrov et al., 2010
CcrKarma	Caulobacter crescentus	Siphoviridae	205 × 61	314	221,828	353	26	Surface water	Meczker et al., 2014
PAU	Sphingomonas paucimobilis	Myoviridae	NA	NA	219,372	295	7	Silkworms	NC_019521
CcrSwift	Caulobacter crescentus	Siphoviridae	219 × 63	295	219,216	343	27	surface water	Meczker et al., 2014
0305Φ8-36	Bacillus thuringiensis	Myoviridae	95	486	218,948	246	0	NA	Serwer et al., 2007
CcrMagneto	Caulobacter crescentus	Siphoviridae	211 × 58	293	218,929	347	27	Surface water	Meczker et al., 2014
ΦEaH1	Erwinia amylovora	Siphoviridae	NA	NA	218,339	241	NA	Aerial tissue	Meczker et al., 2014
ΦCbK	Caulobacter crescentus	Siphoviridae	205 × 56	300	215,710	338	26	Surface water	Meczker et al., 2014
EL	Pseudomonas aeruginosa	Myoviridae	140	200	211,215	201	NA	NA	Hertveldt et al., 2005
S-SKS1	Synechococcus	Siphoviridae	NA	NA	208,007	281	11	Seawater	NC_020851

^aNA indicated the data is not available;

^bThe GenBank accession numbers of the not published phage genomes;

^cForty-two isolates of phage ACG-2014f are isolated and only the information of the isolate Syn7803C90 is shown as represent.