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 |