| Detailed Information for Phage Captrips |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia rubripertincta NRRL B-16540 |
| Former names | CapTrips |
| Found By | Sean Mathews |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Omaha, NE United States of America |
| Finding Institution | Metropolitan Community College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.171194 N, 96.032694 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | was collected in a creek bed, inside of a public park with both wildlife and people engaging constantly, along with a residential area next to it. day of collection; 73 degrees, the day before it rained. |
| Naming Notes | Captian Trips is a virus that is introduced in Stephan King's The Stand. where it is a Military Project that got released and subsequently killed 99% of the population. could also be called Tube Neck, or Super Flu. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 23, 2024 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 955 |
| Genome length (bp) | 59629 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 9 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CGCCGCTCT |
| GC Content | 51.6% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | DJ |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Metropolitan Community College |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2024) |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
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| Publication Info |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info |
| Archiving status |
Not in Pitt Archives |