Gordonia phage Akademos
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| Detailed Information for Phage Akademos | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia terrae 3612 |
| Found By | Yash Agarwal |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Pittsburgh, PA USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Pittsburgh |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.4457 N, 79.9568 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Special Thanks to Hanna Burbaker for donating her soil sample. |
| Naming Notes | Akademos was an Attic hero who saved Athens by telling Helen of Troy's brothers where she was hidden. The goddess Athena used Akademos' home, Akademia, as a place for philosophers to think and discuss. It is believed to be the site of origin of Plato's Academy.Akademia's sacred groves was adorned with olive planations that provided the olive oil prize to the winners of the Panathenaic games. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Plaques are clear and circular, indicative of lytic phage morphology. Plaque sizes are almost always less than 1mm in diameter. Plaque sizes slightly increase when there is a lower concentration of phages. |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 55 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | C1 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |