| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Streptomyces griseus ATCC 10137 |
| Found By | Galstad, Sora Joye & Iringan, Jan |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Catonsville, MD United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.25621 N, 76.71204 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | "DeluluLabubu" was discovered in a flower pot with dark, moist soil in Catonsville, MD on 9/9/2025. |
| Naming Notes | "DeluluLabubu" was named as a combination of the word "Delulu", referring to behaviour that is crazy or delusional, and the keychain dolls known as "Labubus", which gained fad popularity in the Summer of 2025 due to a viral TikTok trend. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 5, 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 | 425 |
| Genome length (bp) | 128607 |
| Character of genome ends | Direct Terminal Repeat |
| Direct Terminal Repeat Length | 766 bp |
| GC Content | 47.2% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | BK |
| Subcluster | BK1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Lysogeny Notes | Not lysogenic as per testing performed on 10/29. |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | Plaques are small (1mm<) and clear. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 235 |
| Number of tRNAs | 35 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 1 |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer |
4.2*(10^10) |
| Available Files |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
