| Detailed Information for Phage Amploria |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Arthrobacter globiformis NRRL B-2880 |
| Found By | Shamia and Anjela and Megan Valenti |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Northport, NY United States |
| Finding Institution | SUNY Old Westbury |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 25°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.831068 N, 73.312934 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Amploria’s morphology under the TEM can be compared to siphoviridae (a known phage) that has a long, non-contractile tail. |
| Naming Notes | We named our phage Amploria because it comes from the latin root amplus which means abundant and plentiful.
It is also the root for the English word “ample” which means more than enough.
This name perfectly describes our phage because throughout the project, our phage consistently showed high plaque numbers, strong lytic activity, and high titers. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 20, 2026 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Sequencer Used | Illumina NextSeq 1000 |
| Read Type | Single-end reads |
| Read Length | 100 bp |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 1270 |
| Genome length (bp) | 43280 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 11 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CGAAGGGGCAT |
| GC Content | 67.0% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | AZ |
| Subcluster | AZ1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | SUNY Old Westbury |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | Clear, round, and defined edges
Small uniform, and circular plaque shape
All assays showed uniform plaque size and shape, which suggests we have one type of phage |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 69 |
| Number of tRNAs | 0 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 0 |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
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| 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 |
| EM Picture | Download |
