Potential competing interests: The author(s) declared that no potential competing interests exist. The authors isolated and sequenced the genome of a lytic phage, vB_Vc_SrVc2 from white shrimp hepatopancreas displaying clinical signs of acute hepatopancreatic necrosis disease (AHPND). The viral genome is ~43 kb with a GC content of 49.2% and encodes 49 putative ORFs with no tRNAs. Compared to a similar virus, SrVc9 previously sequenced by the same group of researchers, SrVc2 showed three single

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... nucleotide polymorphisms, two small deletions and one nucleotide insertion and display slightly different infectivity profiles. The virus SrVc2 is resistant to broad range of temperatures, salinities, UV radiations and chloroform, and has a high lytic ability against Vibrio isolates. The authors described the new virus as a member of the genus Maculvirus, family Autographiviridae. The authors need to address the following queries before the manuscript is considered for publication.