Mycobacterium virus Patience

Mycobacterium virus Patience, also called Patience, is a bacteriophage that infects "Mycobacterium smegmatis" bacteria. The large difference between the GC content of this virus's genome (50.3%) and that of its host (67.4%) indicate Patience likely evolved among bacteria of lower GC content but was able to infect "M. smegmatis" as well. It is the only species of the genus "Patiencevirus".