LAP3 and infection: The genes that are shared between RcGTA and some of the newly isolated phages are clearly linked to host infection: distal tail protein (gene 14), hub (gene 15), peptidase (gene 16), and megatron (gene 17) are proteins that are involved with the interface between phage and host with the distal tail protein proposed to be involved in recognition, the hub protein having domains for carbohydrate binding, the peptidase protein degrading peptidoglycan, and megatron having a domain involved in penetration.