Gordonia phage Asterix
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| Detailed Information for Phage Asterix | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia rubripertincta NRRL B-16540 |
| Found By | Thea E Trosclair and Lia Y Schwartz |
| Year Found | 2022 |
| Location Found | Somerville, MA USA |
| Finding Institution | Tufts University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.403688 N, 71.12105 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil was collected from the Tufts University Latin Way community garden. The soil was dark, fine, sandy and dense. |
| Naming Notes | When I saw the small morphology of my plaques, I wanted a fun name which would represent the tiny but mighty nature of my phage. I named my phage after the cartoon character Asterix, from the sentimental comic Asterix and Obelix. |
| 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 | The morphology of the plaque is very small and circular as well as clear. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
