Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) technologies provide unique possibilities for the comprehensive assessment of the environmental diversity of bacteriophages. Several bacteriophages have been isolated, but very few bacteriophages have been characterized. In this study, we describe the biological characteristics, whole genome sequences, and annotations for two new isolates of the bacteriophages (BM5 and BM10), which were isolated from Egyptian soil samples. Growth analyses indicated that the phages BM5 and BM10 have a shorter latent period (25 and 30 min, respectively) and a smaller burst size (103 and 117 PFU, respectively), in comparison to what is typical for phages. The genome sizes of the phages BM5 and BM10 were 165,031 bp and 165,213 bp, respectively, with modular organization. Bioinformatic analyses of these genomes enabled the assignment of putative functions to 97 and 65 putative ORFs, respectively. Comparative analysis of the BM5 and BM10 genome structures, in conjunction with other bacteriophages, revealed relatively high levels of sequence and organizational identity. Both genomic comparisons and phylogenetic analyses support the conclusion that the sequenced phages (BM5 and BM10) belong to different sub-clusters (L5 and L7, respectively), within the L-cluster, and display different lifestyles (lysogenic and lytic, respectively). Moreover, sequenced phages encode proteins associated with pathogenesis. In addition, BM5 does not contain any tRNA sequences, whereas BM10 genome codes for 17 tRNAs.
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