Gordonia phage CactusAmerica
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Detailed Information for Phage CactusAmerica
Discovery Information
Isolation HostGordonia terrae 3612
Found ByBen Tero and Marc St-Pierre
Year Found2016
Location FoundOrono, ME USA
Finding InstitutionUniversity of Maine, Honors College
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation TemperatureNot entered
GPS CoordinatesUnavailable
Discovery NotesTaken from under Agave Americana plant in the University of Maine Roger Clapp Greenhouses.
Naming NotesIsolated from a soil sample under a cactus, and thought it would be fun to name it after a pun on Captain America.
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?No
Genome length (bp)Unknown
Character of genome endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterUnclustered
Subcluster--
Lysogeny NotesCactus America is a lytic plaque capable of forming lysogens on Gordonia Terrae 3612 at a plating efficeny of 35.33%.
Annotating InstitutionUnknown or unassigned
Annotation StatusNot sequenced
Plaque NotesForms small, slightly hazy plaques than are less than 0.5 mm in diameter.
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Has been Phamerated?No
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Archived
SEA Lysate Titer 1.53x10^8 PFU
Pitt Freezer Box# 44
Pitt Freezer Box Grid# E12
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
Restriction Digest PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload