Gordonia phage CasperG
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| Detailed Information for Phage CasperG | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia rubripertincta NRRL B-16540 |
| Former names | CasperTheHost |
| Found By | Canaan Ferry & Wyatt Stuffle |
| Year Found | 2022 |
| Location Found | New Albany, IN United States |
| Finding Institution | Indiana University-Southeast |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 26°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.1848 N, 86.4825 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected by Brooklyn Schotter and was "adopted" by Canaan Ferry & Wyatt Stuffle for phage discovery. The soil sample was collected from a slightly saturated dirt sample. |
| Naming Notes | We were collecting a lot of data for our phage over the Halloween season and we wanted a name to represent our liking for this time of the year. We chose the name "Casper The Host" as a play-on-words from the well known Halloween movie, "Casper the Friendly Ghost". |
| 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 diameter of our plaque was 0.3cm and our plaque appearance was opaque, but more clear than not. The edges of our plaque appeared as soft and looked fuzzy as well. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| 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# | 156 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | G7 |