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Members of this genus infect Bacillus thuringiensis and Bacillus pumilis. The type species is Bacillus virus Agate. The non-redundant part of the genome of the exemplar isolate, Bacillus virus Agate, is approximately 150 kbp, with 210 gene coding sequences as well as 4 encoded tRNAs.
See discussion under family description.
Members of the genus infect Bacillus thuringiensis and B. pumilis.
Agatevirus: derived from the name of the exemplar isolate, Bacillus phage phiAGATE, of the type species, Bacillus virus Agate.
Members of the same species are more than 95% identical in genome nucleotide sequence, including the terminal repeat region. Phages with genomes that differ by more than 5% are assigned to different species.