Microbacterium phage Borg
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| Detailed Information for Phage Borg | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Karenna Brand |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Riverside, CA United States |
| Finding Institution | La Sierra University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 16°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.9015 N, 117.45 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil was dark brown and moist, and contained some gravel, pumice, sand, and wood chips. The soil had been watered recently. The soil was collected in a radius of approximately 5 cm, to a depth of about 4 cm. The soil was taken from a garden bed, near a green bean plant seedling . |
| Naming Notes | Star Trek's Borg species, similarities to viruses. |
| 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 | Big, regular shape throughout. |
| 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 |