Microbacterium phage Dotzilla
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| Detailed Information for Phage Dotzilla | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Alyssa Morales, Kaitlyn Grant |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Hialeah, FL United States |
| Finding Institution | Florida International University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 25.87873 N, 80.28548 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found in moist soil. 5-8 cm below surface of the earth. No organic matter visible to the naked eye. No live animals found in the soil. The soil was from the yard where a dog lives. It had rained the day before collection. |
| Naming Notes | The name "Dotzilla" arose due to the immense amount of plaques found in our plates. It reminded us of Godzilla and the way he could take over cities in the same way Dotzilla took over the bacteria. |
| 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 |
| 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 |