| Detailed Information for Phage Deschain |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Benjamin Brehm-Stecher |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Ames, IA United States |
| Finding Institution | Iowa State University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 22°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.042 N, 93.621806 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found in the soupy substance left in the bowl of a rotten root after a rainstorm. |
| Naming Notes | Named after Roland Deschain, the protagonist of Stephen King's magnum opus, "The Dark Tower". |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 26, 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 | 1069 |
| Genome length (bp) | 63310 |
| Character of genome ends | Direct Terminal Repeat |
| Direct Terminal Repeat Length | 3729 bp |
| GC Content | 61.7% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | ED |
| Subcluster | ED2 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Iowa State University |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Number of Genes | 120 |
| Number of tRNAs | 3 |
| 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 |
| EM Picture | Download |