| Detailed Information for Phage Erasmago |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | J Mayoral, P Waikel, L Becerra Reymundo |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Miami, FL United States |
| Finding Institution | Florida International University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 25.74496 N, 80.30521 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found in soil near the drip of the condensation line of the air conditioner. Soil was moist with some sparse weeds and grass. There was a biofilm on the surface of the soil. |
| Naming Notes | This phage is named after Erasmo Perera for his enthusiastic support of the SEA program @FIU, and after the Spanish word mago (“magician”), reflecting his ability to supply and prepare needed materials so effortlessly it seemed like magic. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 29, 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 | 266 |
| Genome length (bp) | 191626 |
| Character of genome ends | Direct Terminal Repeat |
| Direct Terminal Repeat Length | 17117 bp |
| GC Content | 58.9% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | GD |
| Subcluster | GD2 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Unknown |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Florida International University |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Number of Genes | 340 |
| Number of tRNAs | 42 |
| 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 |