Gordonia phage Geedorah
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| Detailed Information for Phage Geedorah | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia terrae 3612 |
| Found By | Zachary A Falk |
| Year Found | 2019 |
| Location Found | Pittsburgh, PA United States |
| 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 | 40.44387 N, 79.951063 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Day of discovery was sunny, and the temperature was in the mid seventies. Collected at the base of a tree. The dirt I chose to collect was dry and consisted of mostly mulch. Besides the occasional deal leaf, this area consisted of just mulch and the roots of a tree. Nearby vegetation includes grass. |
| Naming Notes | Named after the villainous monster alter-ego of hip-hop artist MF DOOM - King Geedorah. Intended to convey the "kill to live, live to kill" life cycle of bacteriophages. |
| 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 |
| Plaque Notes | Plaques grow to be about 2mm across with the middle half of the diameter very clear and the outter rim of the plaques cloudy and hazy. |
| 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# | 114 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | C12 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
