The evolution and ecology of phages infecting members of
Alteromonas
, a marine opportunistic genus that is widely distributed and of great ecological significance, remain poorly understood. The present study integrates physiological and genomic evidence to characterize the properties and putative phage-host interactions of a newly isolated
Alteromonas
phage, vB_AcoS-R7M (R7M).
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