Arthrobacter phage BadKitty
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| Detailed Information for Phage BadKitty | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Arthrobacter crystallopoietes NRRL B-14903 |
| Found By | Madelyn Donaldson |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Ponchatoula, LA United States |
| Finding Institution | Southeastern Louisiana University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 30.431667 N, 90.519444 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | I found the soil sample under my chicken coop. The soil was dry and very fine, and there is light grass in the surrounding area. The sample was found in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. |
| Naming Notes | BadKitty has signifigance in two ways. It is in memorial to my late cat Binx who was a mischevious kitty and also a nod to the difficulties I had cultivating the virus. |
| 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 plaques are circular and translucent in color, They are relatively small but still noticeable. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| 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 |