Gordonia phage Elephino
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| Detailed Information for Phage Elephino | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia terrae 3612 |
| Former names | Phitz |
| Found By | Haley Fitzgerald |
| Year Found | 2018 |
| Location Found | Pittsburgh, PA USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Pittsburgh |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.445123 N, 79.959669 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | I obtained this soil sample from my lab partner, Isabel Damazo. Soil sample was collected at 7:41pm on 9/10/18 at (40.445123 N, 79.959669 W) near the top of the Chevron Stairs in Oakland. The ambient temperature was 68 degree F and the humidity was 92%. The soil was very wet and surrounded by grass and assorted decomposing foliage, with a few trees approximately 20 feet away from the collection site. The site was on a slope. Soil was transported for 5 minutes, stored at room temperature for about 13 hours, then transported for about 4.5 hours to the lab. |
| Naming Notes | My last name is Fitzgerald so I have been nicknamed "Fitz" in the past. This name is a play on the"ph" sound in "phage", so I chose to name my phage Phitz. After I was informed that Phitz was not allowed as it is too similar to "Fitz", a pre-existing phage, I changed the name to "Elephino", a combination of the words Elephant and Rhino. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | The cloudy halo seen in many of Elephino's plaques indicates that it is a temperate phage and is capable of creating lysogenic bacteria. |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Elephino creates plaques with two different morphologies. The first is small, about 1 mm in diameter, and clear, while the second is larger, about 3 mm, and consists of a clear center with a cloudy halo. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 90 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | B6 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
