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| Detailed Information for Phage HomeFry | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia westfalica NRRL B-24152 |
| Found By | Ada Sinclair-Steele and Adeline Shanahan |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Holden, ME United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Maine, Honors College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 18°C |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | This phage was isolated from a soil sample collected at the Hart Farm in Holden, Maine. I retrieved the soil from their pig sty, where a large sow currently resides. When I went to collect the soil, she was basking in the mud under the shade of a tree. I threw a watermelon over to the other side of the pen, and when she got up to eat it, I collected the soil right where she had been lying. |
| Naming Notes | My lab partner, Adeline, is very fond of potatoes —she even has a dog named Tater Tot. However, the name Tater Tot was unfortunately taken, as was my first choice, Hashbrown. So, we settled on HomeFry. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Nov 25, 2025 |
| Sequencing Facility | Hubbard Center for Genome Studies at the University of New Hampshire |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Sequencer Used | Illumina NextSeq 1000 |
| Read Type | Paired-end reads |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 542 |
| Genome length (bp) | 63388 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 10 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CGCCGCGTAC |
| GC Content | 65.0% |
| Fasta file available? | Available upon entering GPS coordinates |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | CR |
| Subcluster | CR5 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
Click to ViewDalilpop (CR1) Flapper (CR1) GRU1 (CR1) GTE5 (CR1) Turuncu (CR1) Arti (CR2) Bonum (CR2) Buggaboo (CR2) Commandaria (CR2) Emianna (CR2) Foxboro (CR2) GrootJr (CR2) GTE8 (CR2) Jifall16 (CR2) Kabluna (CR2) KidneyBean (CR2) Kurt (CR2) MerCougar (CR2) NatB6 (CR2) NosilaM (CR2) NovumRegina (CR2) Outis (CR2) Phomeo (CR2) StarStruck (CR2) SuperSulley (CR2) Tracker (CR2) Wheezy (CR2) Ennea (CR3) Float294 (CR3) Lollipop1437 (CR3) Patio (CR3) RedRaider (CR3) Skysand (CR3) BiPauneto (CR4) HubbaBubba (CR4) IDyn (CR4) Marietta (CR4) NadineRae (CR4) Sukkupi (CR4) WhoseManz (CR4) Yndexa (CR4) Fury (CR5) HomeFry (CR5) Pleakley (CR5) Scuba (CR5) Apiary (CR6) Braxoaddie (CR6) CoffeeBean (CR6) GuyFagieri (CR6) Maselop (CR6) Polyyuki (CR6) MacGully (CR7) |
| Annotating Institution | University of Maine, Honors College |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | The plaque morphology of HomeFry differs at high and low densities. At high densities, the plaques are extremely small (1mm or less) and turbid. At lower densities, the plaques have turbid outer rings with a pinprick clear center and are around 1.5-2mm in diameter. |
| 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 |