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Cheese rinds enable isolation of phage with arabinosylated genome

Claim that cheese microbial communities support the isolation of bacteriophages with unusual DNA chemistries, including one with probable arabinose-modified hydroxymethylcytosine.

Confidence
90%
active

Evidence Quote

We isolated phages from cheese rinds, identifying one with probable arabinose hypermodification of hydroxymethylcytosine.

Relationship

cheese microbiome enables Phage with arabinosylated hydroxymethylcytosine genome