Genome sequence and annotation of the B3 mycobacteriophage Phayeta.

Mycobacteriophage Phayeta was extracted from soil near Myrtle Beach, South Carolina using as a host. Annotation of the 68,700 base-pair circularly permuted genome identified 104 predicted protein-encoding genes, 34 of which have functional assignments.

Genome Sequence of Subcluster L3 Mycobacterium smegmatis mc155 Phage DuncansLeg.

Bacteriophage DuncansLeg is a siphovirius isolated in 2021 from soil on the Coastal Carolina University campus in Conway, South Carolina, using the host Mycobacterium smegmatis mc155. DuncansLeg has a 75,593-bp circular genome that contains 126 predicted protein-coding genes and 10 tRNA genes. DuncansLeg is assigned to actinobacteriophage cluster L3.

A marine dinoflagellate, Amphidinium eilatiensis n. sp., from the benthos of a mariculture sedimentation pond in Eilat, Israel.

A species of Amphidinium bloomed in a mariculture sedimentation pond that was used to grow bivalves near the Gulf of Eilat, Israel. Its overall length averaged 13 microm, the hypocone was 11 microm, and its width was 8 microm. It has a ventral ridge.