Gordonia phage BoBetter
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| Detailed Information for Phage BoBetter | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia terrae 3612 |
| Found By | Italia Ronco |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Pittsburgh, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Pittsburgh |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.451369 N, 79.952481 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Our group (Italia Ronco, Anisha Pai, Ravya Bajaj, and Ella Cook) found the phage on 8/24/25 around 4:30 pm in a garden box. The soil was moist due to rain the night prior and had a loose texture. Instructor Name: Marcie Warner Fall 2025 |
| Naming Notes | We thought the original bacterial lawn looked liked Spongebob and so we decided to name it BoB which didn't meet the requirements so we chose Bobetter. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| EM Picture | Download |
