| 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 | 44.7379 N, 68.71636 W Map |
| 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? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| 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. |
| Number of Genes | 83 |
| Number of tRNAs | 0 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 0 |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
Click to ViewHomeFry_1 HomeFry_2 HomeFry_3 HomeFry_4 HomeFry_5 HomeFry_6 HomeFry_7 HomeFry_8 HomeFry_9 HomeFry_10 HomeFry_11 HomeFry_12 HomeFry_13 HomeFry_14 HomeFry_15 HomeFry_16 HomeFry_17 HomeFry_18 HomeFry_19 HomeFry_20 HomeFry_21 HomeFry_22 HomeFry_23 HomeFry_24 HomeFry_25 HomeFry_26 HomeFry_27 HomeFry_28 HomeFry_29 HomeFry_30 HomeFry_31 HomeFry_32 HomeFry_33 HomeFry_34 HomeFry_35 HomeFry_36 HomeFry_37 HomeFry_38 HomeFry_39 HomeFry_40 HomeFry_41 HomeFry_42 HomeFry_43 HomeFry_44 HomeFry_45 HomeFry_46 HomeFry_47 HomeFry_48 HomeFry_49 HomeFry_50 HomeFry_51 HomeFry_52 HomeFry_53 HomeFry_54 HomeFry_55 HomeFry_56 HomeFry_57 HomeFry_58 HomeFry_59 HomeFry_60 HomeFry_61 HomeFry_62 HomeFry_63 HomeFry_64 HomeFry_65 HomeFry_66 HomeFry_67 HomeFry_68 HomeFry_69 HomeFry_70 HomeFry_71 HomeFry_72 HomeFry_73 HomeFry_74 HomeFry_75 HomeFry_76 HomeFry_77 HomeFry_78 HomeFry_79 HomeFry_80 HomeFry_81 HomeFry_82 HomeFry_83 |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
