Engineered device in lyses at physiological fever temperatures.

Multiple strains of are resistant to antibiotics, including the well-known methicillin-resistant (MRSA). We share an engineered plasmid device in that lyses the disease-causing pathogen, The device was engineered using BioBrick parts obtained from the International Genetically Engineered Machine foundation (iGEM). The cI-blue-lysostaphin device consists of a temperature-sensitive promoter that is activated under physiological fever temperatures above 35°C that drives expression of a blue chromoprotein reporter and mature truncated lysostaphin enzyme.

Closed Genome Sequence of Yavru, a Novel Arthrobacter globiformis Phage.

We characterized the complete genome sequence of actinobacteriophage Yavru (), a cluster FE bacteriophage infecting Arthrobacter globiformis NRRL B-2979; it was 89.5% identical to cluster FE phage Whytu, with a capsid width of 50 nm and a tail length of 90 nm. The genome was 15,193 bp in length, with 23 predicted protein-coding genes.