Gordonia phage Chispa
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| Detailed Information for Phage Chispa | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia rubripertincta NRRL B-16540 |
| Found By | Zayda Perez Pedraza |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Ruskin, FL United States |
| Finding Institution | University of South Florida |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 27.70167 N, 82.42722 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was collected from a patch of low-growing groundcover plants. The soil was dark, moist, and likely enriched with organic matter from the surrounding vegetation. It was gathered on 09/10/2025, and the temperature at the time was approximately 87°F. |
| Naming Notes | “Chispa” is a nickname my mom has always used for me, meaning “spark” in Spanish. When I first explained what a phage is, she joked that they looked like tiny sparks, making the name both personal and fitting for this phage. |
| 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 | The plaques produced by this phage are small and distinctly cleared. They show sharp, well-defined edges and have an irregular circular outline. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 3.99 x 10^10 PFU/ml |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
