Gordonia phage Grulgor
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| Detailed Information for Phage Grulgor | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia terrae CAG3 |
| Found By | Cory Sitek |
| Year Found | 2019 |
| Location Found | Manhattan, KS United States |
| Finding Institution | Kansas State University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 26°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.197952 N, 96.591175 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The bacteriophage sample was found in a public garden, moist (rained night before), 3-8cm of depth, soil had little vegetation growing from sample spot. The head has a diameter of 55.9 x 57.8 nm. The tail measures 248.8nm in length. |
| Naming Notes | The name comes from the scifi novel's ("Flight of the Eisenstein") minor antagonist, Commander Grulgor. A member of Horus' Heresy against the Emperor of Mankind. Commander Grulgor's attempted to launch a Life-eating virus against loyal forces on Instvaan III, he was stopped by Captian Garro, resulting in Commander Grulgor's initial death. While traveling in the warp, Nurgle god of entropy, gave new life to Grulgor. Captain Garro and Commander Grulgor faced each other one final time. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | There is no lysogeny present, clear bordered plaques. |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Sampled isolated plaques on a 10^-1 diluted plates, plaques varied in size from .5mm-2mm. These plaques were clear. |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 1.3x10^8 pfu/ml |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 109 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D8 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |