| Detailed Information for Phage DarwinJr | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Arthrobacter globiformis NRRL B-24025 |
| Found By | Zareb Ali |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Storrs, CT United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Connecticut |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 24°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.8067 N, 72.2511 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found outside of the psychology building at UConn, no more than 5 cm under the surface. |
| Naming Notes | I chose this name as my professors sometimes described my plates as being "evolution on a plate" regarding the mutation, so I was inspired by the father of evolution. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 13, 2026 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Sequencer Used | Illumina NextSeq 1000 |
| Read Type | Single-end reads |
| Read Length | 100 bp |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 698 |
| Genome length (bp) | 54113 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 9 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CGCCGGTGA |
| GC Content | 62.2% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | AY |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | University of Connecticut |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | At lower dilutions, there is a mutation that leads to abnormal plaques with bacteria growing around them. However at higher dilutions there are fairly small plaques with often visible "bullseye" formations. |
| Number of Genes | 100 |
| Number of tRNAs | 1 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 0 |
| 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |