| Detailed Information for Phage BasketStar | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Arthrobacter globiformis B-2979 |
| Found By | Barna Ghafari, Michael Plesca, Violet Strozykowski |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Cumberland, MD United States |
| Finding Institution | Allegany College of Maryland |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.650111 N, 78.729 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | BasketStar was isolated from a dry soil sample found on the ACM Campus. BasketStar also amplified very well, creating high-titer lysates.TEM images of BasketStar and BasketStar V.2 showed the head to be 57 nm wide and the tail 161 nm long. |
| Naming Notes | Barna Ghafari named the phage Basketstar |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 9, 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 | 1347 |
| Genome length (bp) | 52948 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 9 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CGCCGGTGA |
| GC Content | 62.6% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | AY |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Allegany College of Maryland |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | BasketStar's plaque morphology was found to be small round plaques about 1-2 mm in diameter with smooth edges and very clear plaques |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 95 |
| Number of tRNAs | 1 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 0 |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
Click to ViewBasketStar_1 BasketStar_2 BasketStar_3 BasketStar_4 BasketStar_5 BasketStar_6 BasketStar_7 BasketStar_8 BasketStar_9 BasketStar_10 BasketStar_11 BasketStar_12 BasketStar_13 BasketStar_14 BasketStar_15 BasketStar_16 BasketStar_17 BasketStar_18 BasketStar_19 BasketStar_20 BasketStar_21 BasketStar_22 BasketStar_23 BasketStar_24 BasketStar_25 BasketStar_26 BasketStar_27 BasketStar_28 BasketStar_29 BasketStar_30 BasketStar_31 BasketStar_32 BasketStar_33 BasketStar_34 BasketStar_35 BasketStar_36 BasketStar_37 BasketStar_38 BasketStar_39 BasketStar_40 BasketStar_41 BasketStar_42 BasketStar_43 BasketStar_44 BasketStar_45 BasketStar_46 BasketStar_47 BasketStar_48 BasketStar_49 BasketStar_50 BasketStar_51 BasketStar_52 BasketStar_53 BasketStar_54 BasketStar_55 BasketStar_56 BasketStar_57 BasketStar_58 BasketStar_59 BasketStar_60 BasketStar_61 BasketStar_62 BasketStar_63 BasketStar_64 BasketStar_65 BasketStar_66 BasketStar_67 BasketStar_68 BasketStar_69 BasketStar_70 BasketStar_71 BasketStar_72 BasketStar_73 BasketStar_74 BasketStar_75 BasketStar_76 BasketStar_77 BasketStar_78 BasketStar_79 BasketStar_80 BasketStar_81 BasketStar_82 BasketStar_83 BasketStar_84 BasketStar_85 BasketStar_86 BasketStar_87 BasketStar_88 BasketStar_89 BasketStar_90 BasketStar_91 BasketStar_92 BasketStar_93 — tRNA BasketStar_94 BasketStar_95 BasketStar_96 |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 1.7 x 10^11 pfu/mL |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
