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Recently, growing antimicrobial-resistant strains of <jats:italic>Vibrio cholerae<\/jats:italic> underscores alternative therapeutic strategies for cholera. Bacteriophage therapy is considered one of the best alternatives for antibiotic treatment. For the identification of potential therapeutic phages for cholera, we have introduced a comprehensive comparative analysis of whole-genome sequences of 86 <jats:italic>Vibrio cholerae<\/jats:italic> phages. We have witnessed extensive variation in genome size (ranging from 33 to 148 kbp), GC (G + C) content (varies from 34.5 to 50.8%), and the number of proteins (ranging from 15 to 232). We have identified nine clusters and three singletons using BLASTn, confirmed by nucleotide dot plot and sequence identity. A high degree of sequence and functional similarities in both the genomic and proteomic levels have been observed within the clusters. Evolutionary analysis confirms that phages are conserved within the clusters but diverse between the clusters. For each therapeutic phage, the top 2 closest phages have been identified using a system biology approach and proposed as potential therapeutic phages for cholera. This method can be applied for the classification of the newly isolated <jats:italic>Vibrio cholerae<\/jats:italic> phage. 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