Amabiko is a lytic subcluster BE2 bacteriophage that infects Streptomyces scabiei-a bacterium causing common scab in potatoes. Its 131,414 bp genome has a GC content of 49.5% and contains 245 putative protein-coding genes, 45 tRNAs, and one tmRNA. Amabiko is closely related to Streptomyces bacteriophage MindFlayer (gene content similarity: 86.5%).
Keywords: bacteriophage assembly.